Pilloud Amory Quotes & Sayings

I'm always amused by the idea that certain people have about technique, which translate into an immoderate taste for the sharpness of the image. It is a passion for detail, for perfection, or do they hope to get closer to reality with this trompe I'oeil? They are, by the way, as far away from the real issues as other generations of photographers were when they obscured their subject in soft-focus effects. — Henri Cartier-Bresson

Because of school policy I don't think it wise to risk having any sort of romantic relationship, Alicia. — Cherry Kay

The afterlife looks different to every soul," he said, "depending on whatthey believe. For that guy, Egypt must've made a strong impression when he was young , maybe."
"And if someone doesn't believe in any afterlife?" i asked.
Walt gave me a sad look. "Then that's what they experience. — Rick Riordan

I do not believe it is the function of the judiciary to step in and change the law because the times have changed. I do well understand the difference between legislating and judging. As a judge, it is not my function to develop public policy. — Sandra Day O'Connor

There are many ways to the Divine. I have chosen the ways of song, dance, and laughter. — Rumi

She would give no explanation of the real reasons for her death. — Paulo Coelho

Dear old world', she murmured, 'you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you. — L.M. Montgomery

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder. — John F. Kennedy

There is no policy too sensitive to question, and no subject so taboo that you cannot even mention it. — Lee Hsien Loong

The instinct of revenge is the force which constitutes the essence of what we call psychology, history, metaphysics and morality. The spirit of revenge is the genealogical element of our thought, the transcendental principle of our way of thinking. — Gilles Deleuze

And Clara was devastated. She had as yet grown no hedge around the little rose garden of her extreme sensibility; she was still absurdly vulnerable. She — Louis Auchincloss