Quodlibet Quotes & Sayings

The Saint whose water can light lamps, the clairvoyant whose lapse in recall is the breath of God, the true paranoid for whom all is organized in spheres joyful or threatening about the central pulse of himself, the dreamer whose puns probe ancient fetid shafts and tunnels of truth all act in the same special relevance to the word, or whatever it is the word is there, buffering, to protect us from. The act of metaphor than was a thrust at truth and a lie, depending where you were: inside, safe or outside, lost. — Thomas Pynchon

Among the numerous pleasures of Vienna the hotel evenings are famous. During supper Strauss or Lanner play waltzes ... After every waltz they get huge applause; and if they play a Quodlibet, or jumble of opera, song and dance, the hearers are so overjoyed that they don't know what to do with themselves. It shows the corrupt taste of the Viennese public. — Frederic Chopin

Contrary to the vision of the left, it was the free market which produced affordable housing - before government intervention made housing unaffordable. — Thomas Sowell

Sleep; and if life was bitter to thee, pardon, If sweet, give thanks; thou hast no more to live; And to give thanks is good, and to forgive. — Algernon Charles Swinburne

I am a huge supporter of the Waxman foundation. — Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Who but a physicist, in the research lab or the corporation, could mix and match multiple ideas, models, technologies from different disciplines and thrive on change and new ideas ... ? — Robert Gibbs

The Red Comyns had always done well behind the throne. The king was but an instrument, as his father used to say. They were the musicians. — Robyn Young

Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general. — Theodore Bikel

I like to go shopping, to the movies, all the girl stuff. Just a normal girl. — Victoria Azarenka

Libertarians should say, 'I love this country too much to take away votes from the Republican' — Dennis Prager

Every time I exercise, I do something different based on which areas need to get in motion. — Sharon Stone

But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou deye a martir, go to hevene. — Geoffrey Chaucer

I loved him. I know you don't want to believe that, but I really, truly, giddy, heart-breaking, longing, achingly loved him. — Karin Slaughter

So after they'd been swindled and bamboozled by the Terrans enough times they retreated to their home planets and bolted all the doors and drew all the curtains. Terrans are tricky customers to deal with even for other humans, so a saintly robot would have had no chance. — J.H.G. Foss