Quixotry Quotes & Sayings

Jewish tradition holds that, given a choice between life and death, one should always choose life. — Miriam M. Brysk

Craving is a good thing.In matters of culinary art, craving creates wonders. — Andy Paula

But if one's dreams having to come true was the only referendum on whether they were beautiful, or worth dreaming, well then, no one would wish for anything. And that would be so much sadder. — David Rakoff

What I particularly liked was that, coming from California and not being involved in the New York scene, I developed my personal way, in my own way, at my own pace. — Herb Ritts

We live in a society now where the sexual taboo for children has really passed by the wayside. Any nineyear-old can go into a 7-11 and check out the Playmate of the Month, but you don't want your kids to know about death. You don't want your kids to know about disfigurement. You don't want 'em to know about creepy things because it might warp their little minds. — Stephen King

A setback only paves the way for a comeback. — Evander Holyfield

With the brush we merely tint, while the imagination alone produces colour. — Theodore Gericault

I suggest you to do war but never love because in war either you live or you die. But in love neither you live nor you die. — Adolf Hitler

I should mention that all of the above explorers were unqualified failures. Not coincidentally, they were also all British. Americans admire success. Englishman admire heroic failure. Given a choice
at least in my reading
I'm un-American enough to take quixotry over efficiency any day. — Anne Fadiman

I give money to Unicef because I like the 'bang for your buck' aspect. Here's $10, go and save 1,000 kids from blindness! — Emo Philips

Poor people are bonsai people. There is nothing wrong in their seeds. Simply, society never gave them the base to grow on. All it needs to get the poor people out of poverty for us to create an enabling environment for them. Once the poor can unleash their energy and creativity, poverty will disappear very quickly. — Muhammad Yunus

It's special, grandparents and grandchldren. So much simpler. Is it always so, I wonder? I think perhaps it is. While one's child takes a part of one's heart to use and misuse as they please, a grandchild is different. Gone are the bonds of guilt and responsibility that burden the maternal relationship. The way to love is free. — Kate Morton

In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other. — Oscar Wilde