Prospero Burns Quotes & Sayings

Those who say they would rather fight to the death than be raped are fools. I would rather be raped a thousand times. You do what you have to. — Alice Sebold

Childrens' laughter is like medicine to sadness. — Tyler Perry

The mass audience doesn't want to see you if you aren't perfect. If you don't look a certain way, if you don't have big pecs and great skin and the perfect eyes. And it's unfortunate, because kids are growing up with body image dysmorphia because not everyone is represented on the screen. — Chris Pine

A book in a man's brain is better off than a book bound in calf - at any rate it is safer from criticism. — Herman Melville

I know that nuclear is better than fossil fuels when it comes to carbon dioxide, but nuclear energy is by no means clean. We don't know what to do with the waste we already have and it seems like a bad idea to me to make more when we have so many cleaner options such as wind and solar. — Sheryl Crow

Anything you do is a lie and nothing that happens to you is true. — Flann O'Brien

I can't explain why I think I can get there, when all the odds are against me. But I do. Even when a big part of me is saying I should give up, I can't. Even when I don't want to keep going, I still do it — Rachel Joyce

Shakespeare is a permanent presence in the English letters. — Antonio Munoz Molina

Well then, take this thought with you for the dark hours to come: It is a ludicrous fiction that love conquers all, but it can, in fact, conquer quite a lot. I am Iason of the Blood, Knight of Arthur, King of the Britons, reborn into dark service in the year of Our Lord five hundred and sixty. My power is vast, and for none to arrogate but by my will and decree. My services are engaged, Selina. Tell me what you need to ease your pain in this, and it is yours. — Chris Dee

Settle back is to settle without knowing. — Bruce Springsteen

As long as he denies his own agency, real change is unlikely because his attention will be directed toward changing his environment rather than himself. — Irvin D. Yalom

That scorpion is turning me into a human! Quick, stop him! Before the transformation is complete! — Vernon D. Burns