Reckend Quotes & Sayings

Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one of them has to give place. — Charles Baudelaire

Therefore Lord God, you are more truly omnipotent, because you have no power through impotence and nothing can be against you. — Anselm Of Canterbury

Between the approximation of the idea and the precision of reality there was a small gap of the unimaginable, and it was this hiatus that gave him no rest. — Milan Kundera

A lucky man ... is a man who was lucky once, and after that, he learned a thing or two about investment. p 553 — Eleanor Catton

Democracy is, among other things, the ability to say 'no' to the boss. But a man cannot say 'no' to the boss, unless he is sure of being able to eat when the boss's favour has been withdrawn. — Aldous Huxley

I like the trail that the Internet created. For example, I was watching one of those Douglas Sirk movies, and I noticed that Rock Hudson towered over everyone, and I typed in "How tall was" and I saw "How tall was Jesus," and I'm like, "Sure," and half an hour later you're somewhere you didn't expect to be. It doesn't work that same way in books, does it? Even if you have an encyclopedia, the trail isn't that crazy. I like that aspect of it. — David Sedaris

The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. — Albert Schweitzer

I don't really like approach music to become famous. I've actually consciously made the decision that I'm just going to do music because I love it. — Taryn Manning

The forest of Compiegne. Look at it. Like a kind grandmother dozing in her rocking chair. Old trees practicing curtsies in the wind because they still think Louis XIV is king. — Billy Wilder

I make body chains that come from the neck, cross in the middle of your chest, then go around your waist. I mix them with feathers for a gypsy, bohemian style. — Sofia Boutella

I grew up in a working-class Israeli family, which was feminist only in its female-dominated structure. — Hanna Rosin

In 2009, I traveled to South Sudan with my organization PSI. While there, I visited a local school and met with a group of children who had formed a water club. The group learned about how to treat their drinking water and use proper hygiene practices, such as washing their hands before eating or after going to the bathroom. — Mandy Moore

I don't want to make a cheap analysis, but when you have, like I did, a father incapable of showing emotion, who spends his life telling you that no one will love you if you aren't perfect, it leaves scars. — Jane Fonda