Quadracontinental Quotes & Sayings

The revolt against freedom, which can be traced back so far, is associated with a revolt against reason that [gives] sentiment primacy to evaluate actions and experiences according to the subjective emotions with which they are associated. — Louis J. Halle

Let go of the fear that holds you to the ground and fly. — Brandy Nacole

I'm quadracontinental. I've got a life in London, New York, L.A. and Hawaii. — Rebecca Mader

Leave Jesus on the cross. He's very happy there! — Carlos Castaneda

I'm the sort of loser who succeeds really well and then drops a turd in the punch bowl. — Christopher Titus

There is no love without friendship. Passion alone does not form relationships of value. — Bruce Lee

All art is propaganda, and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists. I stand in utter shamelessness and say that whatever art I have for writing has been used always for propaganda for gaining the right of black folk to love and enjoy. I do not care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda. — W.E.B. Du Bois

We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone. — Billy Joel

Many times I have thanked God for a bite of raw dog. — Robert Peary

I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode. — Hedy Lamarr

I still remember 2002. It's a very hard time for Hong Kong industry, no movies in Hong Kong, and also at this moment I start my new company, so many people said, 'You're crazy.' — Andrew Lau

Morality is what the queen expects from the hive, not from herself. — Marty Rubin

The highlight of my baseball career came in Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium when I saw a fan fall out of the upper deck. When he got up and walked away, the crowd booed. — Bob Uecker

When I'm writing there's nobody watching me. Today, it's hard to find a profession where you're not being watched! — Ruskin Bond

I'm travelling more than ever. I don't have the answer as to why, but the demand seems to have grown as I've got older. — Hugh Masekela

For a torture to be effective, the pain has to be spread out; it has to come at regular intervals, with no end in sight. The water falls , drop after drop after drop, like the second hand of a watch, carving up time. The shock of each individual drop is insignificant, but the sensation is impossible to ignore. At first, one might manage to think about other things, but after five hours, after ten hours, it becomes unendurable. The repeated stimulation excites the nerves to a point where they literally explode, and every sensation in the body is absorbed into that one spot on the forehead
indeed, you come to feel that you are nothing but a forehead, into which a fine needle is being forced millimeter by millimeter. You can't sleep or even speak, hypnotized by a suffering that is greater than any mere pain. In general, the victim goes mad before a day has passed. — Yoko Ogawa