Princetonian Newspaper Quotes & Sayings

Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends. — Baltasar Gracian

Gamache enjoyed going to churches for their music and the beauty of the language and the stillness. But he felt closer to God in his Volvo. — Louise Penny

But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or culture, is only attained by a process of cellular division, in the course of which the individual is differentiated, made distinct from and independent of the parent group. — Herbert Read

Some writers, no matter how good they are, can't speak to us. Something about the way they see the world, I think, string sentences together, alienates us as surely as the ramblings of a madman on a bus. — David Bowker

There are two things that bestow consequence; great possession, or great debts. — Charles Caleb Colton

It's kind of fun to be a clown. I've always played the clown. The clowns come on, get the biggest, juiciest laughs, and then leave. — Roger Bart

Are you seeing a psychiatrist?' as a conversation opener would nowadays earn you a punch in the nose, but for fifty years it was a compliment. It meant, 'One can plainly see you are sensitive, intense, and interesting, and therefore neurotic.' Only the dullest of clods trudged around without a neurosis. — Barbara Holland

Surely if God had meant us to do yoga, he would have put our heads behind our knees. — Rod Stewart

As you absorb more mystical kundalini, you will able to perform a few minor miracles. As you do this, you run a great risk of egotism. Some people handle it well; some don't. — Frederick Lenz

In-depth reporting is expensive. It is much cheaper to have people sit around or on remotes and talk about politics like it's baseball. But there is also a predetermined intent in terms of what is reported and how it is reported, and the degree to which a story is pushed. Both have bad effects. — Robert Kane Pappas

Obey the law and be someone else biatch. — Deyth Banger