Recerca En Quotes & Sayings

Under torture you are as if under the dominion of those grasses that produce visions. Everything you have heard told, everything you have read returns to your mind, as if you were being transported, not toward heaven, but toward hell. Under torture you say not only what the inquisitor wants, but also what you imagine might please him, because a bond (this, truly, diabolical) is established between you and him ... These things I know, Ubertino; I also have belonged to those groups of men who believe they can produce the truth with white-hot iron. Well, let me tell you, the white heat of truth comes from another flame. — Umberto Eco

I'm a fan of the Strokes, so my big fantasy was that one day I would get to sing with them. — Sia Furler

I know why we laugh. We laugh because it hurts, and it's the only thing to make it stop hurting. — Robert A. Heinlein

No wonder the word 'feminism' was feared. It had been much too narrowly defined. I define a feminist as a self-empowering woman who wishes the same for her sisters. I do not think the term implies a certain sexual orientation, a certain style of dress or membership in a certain political party. A feminist is merely a woman who refuses to accept the notion that women's power must come through men. — Erica Jong

We don't all have to take the same coordinates to get to the same destination. Being a young African American female artist, I want to open doors for young black girls. — Janelle Monae

God's purpose is not limited by your past. — Rick Warren

Death is death no matter how it is inflicted — Fritz Haber

It was easy as keying in a door code. Somehow he felt that arming fusion bombs to detonate around him should have been more difficult. — James S.A. Corey

Youth eats all the sugared fancy cakes and regards them as its daily bread. But there'll come a time when you'll start asking just for a crust. — Ivan Turgenev

But if something funny happens, I can't resist. I have to tell the people. — Kathy Griffin

Life is a joke and the only choice we have is whether or not to laugh. - Generic CH 2 — Me

I've done a couple of movies for scale, and it's the only way to get a lot of these independent movies made. The actors negotiate deals where they're given just enough money to live on during the filming, but then they participate in the back-end. If the movie suddenly makes a gazillion dollars, we'll participate in that profit. — Kevin Kline

I think Frank Ocean is a talented artist; I think he's created material that made me know his name, that impressed me, with things he said on a song like 'Novacane.' — Curtis Jackson