Rhatigan Painting Quotes & Sayings

The thing which makes one man greater than another, the quality by which we ought to measure greatness, is a man's capacity for loving. — Arthur Helps

The problem is most of the time when God's supposed to be the hero, he comes across as the villain. I mean, look at what he did to Lot's wife. What kind of divine being turns a man's wife into a pillar of salt? What was her crime? Turning her head? You have to admit this is a God hopelessly locked in time, not free of it; otherwise he might have confounded the ancients by turning her into a flat-screen television or at least a pillar of Velcro. — Steve Toltz

To be capable of embarrassment is the beginning of moral consciousness. Honor grows from qualms. — John Leonard

Are you saying you want to be my girlfriend?" His voice was gruff, almost teasing.
I leaned into him and whispered against his lips. "Are you saying you want me to be your girlfriend?"
"Fuck yeah," he whispered back, and pressed his mouth to mine. — Samantha Young

Compared to the challenges or raising an autistic child, weightlifting is a relief. — Melanie Roach

The warmly cool, clear, ringing, perfumed, overflowing, redundant days, were as crystal goblets of Persian sherbet, heaped up - flaked up, with rose-water snow. — Herman Melville

Me, love is paramount when choosing a mate. It will stand the test of time when the winds blow and the tempest of the outside world tries to tear the marriage apart like the shifting of the waves of an ocean crashing to shore. Love has to be the driving force or the marriage will not last in today's world. — Melody Anne

At its heart, infotainment represents the indiscriminate combination of two mental longings, conflated by our ignorance. These two impulses are: 1. the impulse to be informed - to know what is real and what isn't, in ourselves and the world around us (the "info"); and 2. the desire to be entertained and comforted, to be reassured about the correctness of our personal and collective tendencies (the "tainment"). — Ethan Nichtern

I don't believe we need the government's help as much as some think we do. That belief sets me apart from the Democrats, since their way of dealing with everything is to tax and spend. — Jesse Ventura

A Jack Russell terrier? My god. He'll burn you up. They never stop. A German shepherd, you can only go so many miles. — George Foreman

I've always seen movies in English with Spanish subtitles. For audiences around the world, the language is less important than if it's a good film. — Patricia Riggen

There are films that I've made that I like a little bit more than the others. But the films that I mostly watch, and see over and over again, are not my own. — William Friedkin

Annie ... ." "I know; I remember. I'm supposed to dab, not rub." I recalled his words from our first meeting. "Annie ... ." "Am I rubbing?" "No ... but, God, I wish you would. — L. H. Cosway