Polisky Robert Quotes & Sayings

As Napoleon later put it, when describing his feelings at this time: "I saw the way to achieve all my dreams. . . . I would found a religion, I saw myself marching on the way to Asia, mounted on an elephant, a turban on my head, and in my hand a new Koran that I would have composed to suit my needs. In my enterprises I would have combined the experiences of the two worlds, exploiting the realm of all history for my own profit."7 — Paul Strathern

He was what the egotistical part of me had always longed for: danger, sexiness, popularity, style, unpredictability. The kind of man who'd always keep me guessing. Just one night with him and i'd already started to wonder if perhaps i'd spent the last two years in a comfortable coma. — Lucy Robinson

In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled. — David Suzuki

It is not a question so much of a 'tree like a figure' or a 'root like a figure' - it is a question of bringing out the anonymous personality of these things. — Graham Sutherland

And if they break their pledges -after the treaty they have made with you- and assail your religion, then fight the heads of disbelief - Lo! They are indeed not entitled to any binding oath. — Qur'an

I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them, and I really liked having them around. — Cy Twombly

A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. Those who laugh at this folly are, after all, no more than mere spectators of life. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them. — Lewis Mumford

With the right training, there are few things more savage than a ten-year-old. — Rick Yancey

I am incredibly passionate about my life, I am absolutely unable to hide any emotion. If I wrote a book, I'd have to call it 'P is for Passion'. I don't go in for anything halfway. My feelings about things are instant, on the spot. And my heart is always, always on my sleeve. — Kate Winslet

Often, the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth. — Mark Twain

Enjoy what you are learning and doing. This is one of the hardest concepts in the entire world to understand. Harder yet to put into practice. — Carew Papritz

Book burnings. Always the forerunners. Heralds of the stake, the ovens, the mass graves. — Geraldine Brooks

Huguette Clark has had her own tax liens - four times, the IRS has filed to collect taxes from her. — Bill Dedman

You've got a better chance with me, Dru. Don't do something stupid again. If something happens, it's you and me against the world. Got it? — Lili St. Crow