Rivain Quotes & Sayings

In a sense the mind of savage peoples is an effect, rather than a cause, of their backward institutions. — John Dewey

If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Religion is for people who're afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who've already been there. — Vine Deloria Jr.

We don't get to choose the things that happen to us in life. What we can choose is how to react to them, how we deal with them, and how we move on. — Sarah Winter

Don't worry. It's just a flesh wound. — David Letterman

We have always said that advertising is just the icing on the cake. It is not the cake. — Meg Whitman

How could he have submitted to a faith that is ... unchristian? Catholicism is the same thing as an unchristian faith!' he added suddenly, his eyes beginning to flash, and he stared ahead of him, somehow taking them all in with his eyes. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Seeing the rebirth of the Delaware Estuary as a valuable natural resource is certainly encouraging, and I am encouraged not just by the progress made in the Delaware Estuary but in estuaries throughout the country. — Jim Gerlach

The fabric of Lady Islay's gown certainly cost as much as Claribel's entire quarterly allowance. It was a pearly silk taffeta shot with threads of silver. Her breasts were scarcely covered, and from there the gown fell straight to the ground in a hauntingly beautiful sweep of cloth.
The pink brought out the color of her hair- burnt amber enticed with brandy and buttercup. If only she had left it free around her face and perhaps created some charming curls! Claribel made up her mind to tell her privately about the newest curling irons. She herself had lovely corkscrew curls bobbing next to her ears. — Eloisa James

I lived at the Gramercy Park Hotel for about 10 years. It was terrific. It was a pleasantly run-down hotel of the '70s and '80s with a mix of older, rent-controlled apartment dwellers, Europeans and new wave and punk bands. The room service was great, the hamburger was terrific, and they had a doctor who made house calls. — Paul Shaffer

Who was it said that following your heart is a good thing? It is pure egotism, a selfishness to conquer all. — Paula Hawkins

We'd known each other over a very short period of time. He left France in June of 1964, and I'm writing this in April 1992. I never received word from him and I don't know if he's dead or alive. The memory of him had remained dormant, but now it has suddenly come flooding back this early spring of 1992. Is it because I came across the picture of my girlfriend and me, on the back of which a blue stamp says Photo by Jansen. All rights reserved? Or for the simple reason that every spring looks the same? Today the air was light, the buds had burst on the trees in the gardens of the Observatoire, and the month of April 1992 merged by an effect of superimposition with the month of April 1964. — Patrick Modiano

Depression is something that seems really obscure when you see it in a theater, but when you talk to people who come to see it and hear their reactions, you realize that it is such a prevalent part of life and our society today that it really needed to be told, and still needs to be told. — Aaron Tveit

Arrival = Prison, and the artist must never be a prisoner. — Henri Matisse

Big guns are good but the Almighty is better, and He is on our side, no matter what the Kaiser says about it. — L.M. Montgomery