Pieper James Quotes & Sayings

At first sight, it seems that something, almost anything, must be done about our situation. But it is the genius of Pieper to see that this activist, busy motion is the wrong starting point. Before we can pretend to do anything about the present, we must know what we are, what the world is, and yes, what God is. Construction of a civilization that knows little or nothing of these deeper realities can only make things worse. — James V. Schall

I don't have one track that I consider better than the next because all I'm trying to do is still grow as an artist. — Raekwon

Women's vulnerability confessing their desire to see men as a success object is matched by men's confession of compulsiveness of sexual desire for women. — Warren Farrell

Jan was an excellent fuck ... she had a tight pussy and she took it like it was a knife that was killing her. — Charles Bukowski

Amidst all of these flashing lights I pray the fame wont take my life. — Lady Gaga

Trying to capture the physicists' precise mathematical description of the quantum world with our crude words and mental images is like playing Chopin with a boxing glove on one hand and a catcher's mitt on the other. — George Johnson

The man who first pronounced the barbarous word God ought to have been immediately destroyed. — Denis Diderot

Hey, Tenleigh," he whispered after a while. "Yes?" "That book, The Road?" "Hmm hmm?" I murmured, remembering his bad joke, using the word "devour" in reference to a book about cannibals. I smiled sleepily. "There's this line in it that talks about keeping a little fire burning inside, 'however small, however hidden.'" "Yes," I said softly. "I think about that line sometimes. I think about how that little fire is hope. I think about how you have to keep it burning to get you through the hard times, the times that seem so painful you don't want to continue on. — Mia Sheridan

I can't remember a time when I wasn't acting, so I can't imagine what I would do if I stopped now. — Lillian Gish

A street vender was grilling meat-on-a-stick over a sidewalk hibachi. We assumed it was beef but the custom was not to ask. The sizzle was irresistible, we bought three. — Brian W. Allen

If I ever go into a coma, one of you has to promise to come by occasionally and tweeze my unibrow. — Dana Gould

I see my beauty in you. — Jalaluddin Rumi

I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out. — Anushka Sharma