Schanberg Havana Quotes & Sayings

Almost all those who have written concerning the devout life have had chiefly in view persons who have altogether quitted the world; or at any rate they have taught a manner of devotion which would lead to such total retirement. But my object is to teach those who are living in towns, at court, in their own households, and whose calling obliges them to a social life, so far as externals are concerned. — Francis De Sales

Toxic derivatives were underpinned by toxic economics, which, in turn, were no more than motivated delusions in search of theoretical justification; fundamentalist tracts that acknowledged facts only when they could be accommodated to the demands of the lucrative faith. Despite their highly impressive labels and technical appearance, economic models were merely mathematized versions of the touching superstition that markets know best, both at times of tranquility and in periods of tumult. — Yanis Varoufakis

Foolish man. You cannot turn me into a phantom because you are frightened. You do not dismiss a muse at whim. - Sabine Strohem — Nick Bantock

No bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp. — William James

A dense undergrowth of extension cords sustains my upper world of lights, music, and machines of comfort. — Mason Cooley

Great," I muttered. "Maybe we can go out on a date, fall in love, get married, have us a whole bunch of kids and die fucking horrible deaths — L.J. Hayward

I imagined loading the God of the Sea into a taxi and taking him to the Upper East Side. — Rick Riordan

I just want to keep challenging myself. Keep moving the goalposts and raising my game. — Martin Henderson

Got to be the worst place in the world, inside a oven. You in here, you either cleaning or you getting cooked. — Kathryn Stockett

Every pretty girl is a heartbreaker — Sara Shepard