Professeur Joyeux Quotes & Sayings

The apathy and inattention of the average citizen is beyond comprehension. — Abigail McCarthy

Architecture is not based on concrete and steel, and the elements of the soil. It's based on wonder. — Daniel Libeskind

Let the smokers and the gluttons die ... and leave the living to us who know how to use it. — Percy Cerutty

Sometimes, love was not enough. — Sarah MacLean

Art only survives by striking a chord in someone's heart and offering solace and reassurance. — Hannah Mary Rothschild

I don't love you, Lena. Do you hear me? I never love you. — Lauren Oliver

It's the only thing I begrudge the rich," I said, as I followed him back down the damp-smelling staircase to the ground floor.
"What's that?"
"Their ability to buy books that the rest of us can never hope to own. — Susanna Kearsley

Today the outlandish becomes routine overnight. The humorist is trying to say that it's still outlandish. — William Zinsser

When I started swimming again two years ago, it felt like I was starting from scratch. My mind-set was [to tell myself that] every time I swam, it was going to get easier-and it did. When you're working toward a fitness goal, you just need to start. It's not going to be pretty, your body is going to scream at you, but each time you'll get better. — Janet Evans

When my mother was born on 14 April, he named her after a Latin American holiday, the Day of Americas, that nobody knew about. My due date also happened to be 14 April. — America Ferrera

I was the youngest; I had two imperious older brothers - I didn't get to often complete sentences at the dinner table. So writing was a way of saying what nobody asked me to say. — Alice McDermott

Life does not wait: Whether we spend our lives meaningfully or not, the time will be used up moment by moment. — Dalai Lama

It aroused my paranoia (which is always there in ready supply, since it is preferable to poor powers of anticipation). — Norman Mailer

I said those things about gay rights and abortion on opposite day. I cannot BELIEVE you don't have opposite day in North Carolina! — Mitt Romney