Rabelais And His World Quotes & Sayings

I say and maintain, that of all torcheculs, arsewisps, bumfodders, tail-napkins, bunghole cleansers, and wipe-breeches, there is none in the world comparable to the neck of a goose ... — Francois Rabelais

Half the world does not know how the other half lives. — Francois Rabelais

And he hated himself and hated her,too, for the ruin they'd made of each other. — Dennis Lehane

When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world. — Francois Rabelais

Censorship became so stringent that even a scene in which a character complained too strongly about the weather could be considered "antisocial" and ordered removed. — Paul Fischer

I warn you, Captain, God crafted these creatures for three things only. Passing wind from the rear end, passing wind from the front end, and spitting. They spit stomach acid so tell your men, and don't let anyone venture into the hold with a naked flame or you may find yourself the master of a marvelous collection of floating splinters. Also, we'll all drown. — Mark Lawrence

Panurge stood beside the galley with an oar in his hand, not to help the herdsmen but to prevent from from somehow clambering aboard and thus escaping their death, and all the while preached to them eloquently . . . with rhetorical flourishes about the miseries of this world and the blessings of the next, affirming that those who had passed on to that place were happier than those who lived on in this vale of tears. — Francois Rabelais

You may be a lady but you are still the man! — Lynda Barry

What's this business about the 'little man in the canoe?' If it's big enough for a canoe, it's too big for me. — Quentin R. Bufogle

How much obesity has to be created in a single decade for people to realize that diet has to be responsible for it? — Robert Atkins

War never stops; it only pauses. — Mitch Albom

Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish. — Francois Rabelais

it's that particular connection between melancholy and humor that Klibansky, Panofsky, and Saxl examined in Saturn and Melancholy (1964). Just as melancholy is sadness made light, so humor is comedy that has lost its physical weight (that dimension of human carnality that, however, makes Boccaccio and Rabelais great) and casts doubts on the self, the world, and the entire network of relations they form. — Italo Calvino

Death discredits. Survival is the whole success. The voice of the dead goes away. There isn't any memory. The power that's established fills the earth and destiny is whatever survives, so whatever is is right. — Saul Bellow

Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this. — Francois Rabelais

I hope that they learn who I am today and embrace that as well. I think that's the biggest thing of really introducing myself to them. Hopefully that creates a stronger connection with the fans that I already have and hopefully helps me make some new fans. — Jamie Lynn Spears

Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment. — Francois Rabelais

The logistics of breaking you are easy. The only question is when."
"Right. If you could do it, you would have done it already."
"Maybe you entertain me." He says with supreme confidence as if he's in control of the situation.
"Like a monkey with an attitude and a pair of scissors. — Susan Ee

I suppose the first big shift in my life was when, at the age of 8, my father left my mother, leaving her alone with two daughters to bring up. That taught me the importance of women being financially independent. You never know what might happen. — Cherie Blair

Ignorance' (absence of Self-Knowledge) creates vibrations (causes) and 'Knowledge' (Self-Knowledge) stops these vibrations. — Dada Bhagwan

Suck is life,[ ... ]:you get to a point, one day, where you are hoping to find crap; where the best possible outcome of all possible outcomes would be the discovery, praise Jesus, of a pile of shit — Shalom Auslander