Poulenc Dialogues Quotes & Sayings

...emotions fly humans toward art — Rachel Hartman

The Gospel of Thomas claims to be the secret sayings of Jesus. There are 114 of them, so it says many things, but the central message is that Jesus is the one who reveals the divine light that brought the universe into being, and that you and I also reveal that light. — Elaine Pagels

[Microscopic] evidence cannot be presented ad populum. What is seen with the microscope depends not only upon the instrument and the rock-section, but also upon the brain behind the eye of the observer. Each of us looks at a section with the accumulated experience of his past study. Hence the veteran cannot make the novice see with his eyes; so that what carries conviction to the one may make no appeal to the other. This fact does not always seem to be sufficiently recognized by geologists at large. — Thomas George Bonney

Neither should we forget the mean, which at the present day is lost sight of in perverted forms of government; for many practices which appear to be democratical are the ruin of democracies, and many which appear to be oligarchical are the ruin of oligarchies. Those who think that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not consider that disproportion destroys a state. — Aristotle.

I don't want you to taint that fragile coat of astonishing colors created by my illusions, which no painter has ever been able to reproduce. Strange, isn't it, that no chemical will give a human being the iridescence that illusions give them? — Anais Nin

There's always competition, especially in the EDM scene, but that keeps me motivated and focused. Everybody is really friendly though. I always enjoy seeing other guys at gigs or festivals. So yeah, there is competition but there are also lots of good vibes. — Martin Garrix

I'm not interested in being Wonder Woman in the delivery room. Give me drugs. — Madonna Ciccone

The moral of the story is this: sometimes, to do nothing, to do nothing at all, is the sorriest thing ever. — Binnie Kirshenbaum

Mom points at the gravesites all around us. "We all die, Lucy. Me. You. Everybody. But you know what we do first?"
I shake my head.
"We pretend that it's not going to happen. We make believe that we're never going to die. do you know what that's called?"
"Lying?" I say.
"Living, Lucy. It's called living... — Paul Acampora