Satirically Written Quotes & Sayings

Or, as Sextus, the ancient Pythagorian philosopher, said, "The wise man is always similar to himself." - — Elizabeth Gilbert

I agree that Ruskin has done much harm to counter balance much good in giving people the trick of talking about Art instead of really doing a little of it to enable them to understand. — William H. Hunt

LAWYER. Justice that destroys itself in seeking to be just! - - - Right, that so often fosters wrong!!! DAUGHTER — August Strindberg

Isn't it human beings who impart vitality to the image in the temple? If no one sculpts the stone, it doesn't become an image. If no one installs it in the temple, it does not acquire any sanctity. If no worship is done, it does not acquire any power. Without human effort there cannot be any temples. What is wrong then in saying that we should view great masters as equal to God? Temples installed by such spiritual masters have a special energy of their own. — Mata Amritanandamayi

I wasn't particularly good at school so always found essay writing hard, so I didn't do that well at English or history, even though I enjoyed it. — Ruby Bentall

Color is a means to exert a direct influence on the soul. — Wassily Kandinsky

I wonder," wrote Eleanor Roosevelt, "whether we have decided to hide behind neutrality? It is safe, perhaps, but I am not always sure it is right to be safe. . . Every time a nation which has known freedom loses it, other free nations lose something, too. — Madeleine K. Albright

Sometimes giving up something shows more love than trying to hold onto it. — Ann H. Gabhart

Someday she will be saved, and the past and all its pain will be rendered as smoothly palatable as the food we spoon to our babies. — Lauren Oliver