Platonique Quotes & Sayings

Nothing is infinitely reducible. You can split an atom but you can't vaporize it. Stuff sticks around. It clings to you, even when it's broken. — Lauren Beukes

I never had any hang-ups about sex. As for being sexually repressed, nothing could be further from the truth. There are more hang-ups now than ever there were when I was growing up. — Mary Whitehouse

Cannes is a sort of gladiators' arena, and that's the fun part of it. When you accept to come here to open the festival, you know you are going to be criticised. I have no problem with the fact that I expose myself and the movie, and it's normal that I can disagree with the way some people feel. — Olivier Dahan

To live is to war with trolls. — Henrik Ibsen

Everyone tells me that I have a very sweet face! I'd like to change that. I wish I had a more flexible face! — Soundarya

We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army. — Jim Talent

The Dalai Lama has warned: 'Too many people have the Dharma only on their lips. Instead of using the Dharma to destroy their own negative thoughts, they regard the Dharma as a possession and themselves as the owner. — Sogyal Rinpoche

Ambition is an uncomfortable companion many times. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements; he is never satisfied but always pressing forward to better things in the future. Restless, energetic, purposeful, it is ambition that makes of the creature a real man. — Lyndon B. Johnson

God works through life, through people, and through physical, tangible, and material reality to communicate his healing presence in our lives. — Robert E. Webber