Ratloufm Quotes & Sayings

For philosophy, Socrates, if pursued in moderation and at the proper age, is an elegant accomplishment, but too much philosophy is the ruin of human life. — Plato

Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. — C.S. Lewis

Fantasy is more than an escape from the truths of the world and the past: it is an open acknowledgment that those truths are complex and morally difficult. It offers a different route to creating something which will resonate with readers, in a way which resists the erasure of privacy and autonomy which pervades our modern world. — Guy Gavriel Kay

Music will save the world. — Pablo Casals

If we don't always understand animals, they always understand us. — Rosa Bonheur

My friend goes through the wedding section of the Sunday paper looking at the brides-to-be and picks out a Dog-of-the-Week. I think that's cruel toward women. Myself, I look to see who shows the most cleavage. — David Henry

My dad had been an ardent amateur photographer, and he taught me to compose a photograph from the back to the front, and then populate the picture. — Sam Abell

Public education does not exist for the benefit of students or the benefit of their parents. It exists for the benefit of the social order.
We have discovered as a species that it is useful to have an educated population. You do not need to be a student or have a child who is a student to benefit from public education. Every second of every day of your life, you benefit from public education.
So let me explain why I like to pay taxes for schools, even though I don't personally have a kid in school: It's because I don't like living in a country with a bunch of stupid people. — John Green

Believing in yourself is normally half the battle.
— Kristin Blizzard

I'm going to shoot a muffin off Marlene's head. — Veronica Roth

The Arab soul is broken by poverty, unemployment, and general recession. The Tunisian revolution is not far from us. The Arab citizen entered an unprecedented state of anger and frustration. — Amr Moussa

Like we could buy Idaho kind of money. — Larry Correia

It's O.K. to accept good fortune. — Will Oldham

He was just one of those Englishmen who was always saying silly things to sound less pompous, and pompous things to sound less silly. — Edward St. Aubyn

If you can give your son or daughet only one gift, let it be enthusiasm. — Bruce Barton