Ravels Family Quotes & Sayings

On first speaking to the man, his ingratiating smile, his flaxen hair, and his blue eyes would lead one to say, "What a pleasant, good-tempered fellow he seems!" yet during the next moment or two one would feel inclined to say nothing at all, and, during the third moment, only to say, "The devil alone knows what he is! — Nikolai Gogol

Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity its footstool. — Arthur Keith

To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing. — Fred Durst

Juanita believes that nothing is provably true or provably false in the Bible. Because if it's provably false, then the Bible is a lie, and if it's provably true, then the existence of God is proven and there's no room for faith. — Neal Stephenson

To be an enthusiast had become her social vocation and, sometimes even when she did not feel like it, she became enthusiastic in order not to disappoint the expectations of those who knew her. — Leo Tolstoy

It's a simple fact that winners fail a lot more often than losers. Failures are very necessary for one's growth and progress. When you quit before you fail, you preclude any sort of success in your life. Fail often. Fail gloriously. And then win. — Munmi Sarma

I live to hail that season by gifted one foretold, when men shall live by reason, and not alone by gold. — George Linnaeus Banks

The skinnification of America's jeanscape has gone too far. — Stephen Colbert

My movies are very often violent and dark, but there's a spectrum of light, and that light is coming from the women. — Denis Villeneuve

Because as much as I love figuring out other people's puzzles, and love putting words together in ways that feel good to sing and sound good together and suit the melody, I think most of the best songs in the world are fairly clear about what they mean to say. — J. Robbins

People were floored when they saw that the underwear bomber, after less than 50 minutes of interrogation, was given the rights, privileges, and immunities of an American citizen under the Constitution. — Michele Bachmann

Cell phones were more popular in Cambodia and Uganda because they didn't have phones. We had phones in this country, and we were very late to the table. They're going to adopt e-books much faster than we do. — Nicholas Negroponte

It's the truth, though rarely admitted, that every autobiographical work has a touch of fiction and every fiction has a touch of autobiography. — Santosh Kumar Das

It's so important, so comforting, to have lampposts in this world who can light the way. — Lea Michele