Refractory Mortar Quotes & Sayings

Workshops, churches, and palaces were full of these fatal works of art; he had even helped with a few himself. They were deeply disappointing because they aroused the desire for the highest and did not fulfill it. They lacked to most essential thing - mystery. That was what dreams and truly great works of art had in common: mystery... It is mystery I love and pursue. — Hermann Hesse

I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself. — Margaret Of Valois

Wanting someone isn't the same as loving them, though," he said. "You know? It doesn't mean the same thing. — Robin Benway

For Mitt Romney, the complex question of anti-Mormon bias boils down to the practical matter of how he can make it go away. Facing a traditional American anti-Catholicism, John F. Kennedy gave a speech during the 1960 presidential campaign declaring his private religion irrelevant to his qualifications for public office. — Noah Feldman

I do think that Americans are poorly served by their media, at times extremely poorly served by their elected officials who are non responsive to majority feelings and cut off to a certain degree from the affairs of the world. — Henry Rollins

I toyed briefly with an image someone once mentioned to me, of a village in the shadow of a twin-peaked mountain. In the morning the sun rises. At lunch it sets behind the mountain. In the early afternoon it rises once more. The cocks crow for the second time, and later the sun sets again. No. One peak. Metaphors should not be belaboured. — Neil Gaiman

Drama school was a lifeline for me, it saved me. I found it very nurturing - I just clung on. — Lily James

When in doubt, choose to live. — Terry Pratchett

Reality shows have a lot to answer for. They applaud mediocrity. — Suzi Quatro

It's ridiculous to accept on a blog or in a forum speech what would be seen as hooliganism or delinquency if practiced in a public space."37 — Danielle Keats Citron