Raphier Quotes & Sayings

Only a bet on the impossible makes sense. It is an act of faith and courage requiring an irrational leap over reason. A man wins simply by making such a bet. — William Kennedy

Ignorance is the cause of fear. — Seneca.

People like Bill Maher, who brags about being a cynic, it sickens me. I am the least cynical person I know, and I am very, very skeptical. — Penn Jillette

The reason why people don't get called back to sequels is because they did badly in the original [movie]. — Omari Hardwick

To me, art almost always speaks more forcefully when it appears in an imperfect, accidental, and fragmentary way, somehow just signaling its presence, allowing one to feel it through the ineptitude of the interpretation. I prefer the Chopin that reaches me in the street from an open window to the Chopin served in great style from the concert stage. — Witold Gombrowicz

I say that virtue is really all about enjoying yourself, living fully; but of course it is far from obvious what living fully actually means. — Terry Eagleton

All that's bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest. — Thomas Moore

You don't want to become so open minded that the wind whistles between your ears. — Terence McKenna

A person can get ... stuck, for lack a better word, in a life. It's surprisingly easy, really. Hours bleed into days; days fade into months. Before you know it, years have passed, and you're just this person, someone your younger self wouldn't even recognize. — Kristen Callihan

To accept with unquestioning faith, or to refuse to reconsider any particular view held by the Church in the past, is as unreasonable as it is unsafe. The faith of the Church is a progressive affair. — George Trumbull Ladd

When you are 20 years old, you are immature. — Melky Cabrera

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun. — Thomas Carlyle

Never give anything away for free - but sometimes it pays to oil the wheels a bit. — Diana Gabaldon

There is nothing that in the end, cannot be forgiven, — Vladimir Jankelevitch