Picaresque Examples Quotes & Sayings

People got a little too self-conscious about the techniques that go into recording because sometimes, if you sing too well in tune, people accuse you of auto-tuning. It's like you have to use auto-detuning or something. — Todd Rundgren

I think if you truly love someone, a part of you will always love that person. — Ellie Wade

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. — Nelson Mandela

If an older man ever sweeps you off your feet, just get up and run away as fast as you can." I — Beth Hoffman

I also believe my home state is cursed by ignorance and poverty and racism, much of it deliberately inculcated to control a vulnerable electorate. And I believe many of the politicians in Louisiana are among the most stomach-churning examples of white trash and venality I have ever known. To me, the fact that large numbers of people find them humorously picaresque is mind numbing, on a level with telling fond tales of one's rapist. — James Lee Burke

Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them. — P. J. O'Rourke

Fewer than 5 percent of Danes attend church. In godless Denmark, the national government funds a high quality education for all children, rich and poor alike, while in God-fearing America, education is funded through local property taxes, so neighborhood and income dictate a child's educational opportunities. Add in race and ethnicity factors to create a perfectly stratified school system segregated by educational opportunity. — Frank Schaeffer

My business doesn't keep me warm at night. — Bethenny Frankel

...I touch Vel's arm to stay him. He sits down on the bed beside me, head cocked in inquiry. Thank you, I write. Vel rises and performs a lovely wa. White wave will never forsake brown bird. — Ann Aguirre

Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up. — Chris Pine

Nothing is more practical than a good theory. — Kurt Lewin

I'm a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates. — Billy Joel

It's just to let the other one know it can be replaced. — Larry Nelson

Anger is that powerful internal force that blows out the light of reason. — Ralph Waldo Emerson