Queneau Grain Quotes & Sayings

The Jews are a peculiar people: Things permitted to other nations are forbidden to the Jews.
Other nations drive out thousands, even millions of people, and there is no refugee problem. Russia did it. Poland and Czechoslovakia did it. Turkey threw out a million Greeks and Algeria a million Frenchmen. Indonesia threw out heaven knows how many Chinese
and no one says a word about refugees.
But in the case of Israel, the displaced Arabs have become eternal refugees. Everyone insists that Israel must take back every single Arab. Arnold Toynbee calls the displacement of the Arabs an atrocity greater than any committed by the Nazis. Other nations when victorious on the battlefield dictate peace terms. But when Israel is victorious it must sue for peace.
Everyone expects the Jews to be the only real Christians in this world. — Eric Hoffer

Thus, although arguments and evidence may be used to support the believer's faith, they are never properly the basis of that faith. — William Lane Craig

I was in and out of comas until I was nine and I would lose entire days and weeks. The novelty of being able to really do stuff hasn't worn off - I still feel like I'm making up for lost time. — Jim Davis

Rivulet, seek a better place for your limpid waters to reflect the brightness of the sun, for the desert will one day dry you up," the god of waters would have said, if perchance one existed. "Crows, there is more food in the forests than among rocks and sand," the god of the birds would have said. "Plants, spread your seeds far from here, because the world is full of humid, fertile ground, and you will grow more beautiful," the god of flowers would have said. — Anonymous

The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs. — Zola Jesus

Pete Egoscue has totally changed my life. Never have I experienced such complete pain relief as I have by following the Egoscue Method. — Jack Nicklaus

Stupidity is the result of a complete absence of imagination, silliness of its excess — Martin Boyd

Lovely as a spring day but not the sort to make one envious, any more than one would envy the sun its ability to shine. — Julie Anne Long

Even when natural weather is good, human weather is bad. — Yasunari Kawabata

If you feel like getting a divorce, you are no exception to the general rule. — Elizabeth Hawes

Writing is a game of hits and misses. Throw out the hits and keep the misses. — Marty Rubin

I want to live in a city where the people who make the rules have to live by them. — Martin Firrell

How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers. — Gioachino Rossini

The rising world of waters dark and deep. — John Milton

I can't take his genius any more. — Rita Hayworth