Schanowski Quotes & Sayings

I was finished with assuming the best intentions of those who abandoned me, done trying to assuage my loneliness in barren places. — Saleem Haddad

Americans have been dumbed down to the point where more people watching 'American Idol' than listen to the state of the union address. And that's too bad. I'm not trying to take any bread out of the mouth of Simon Cowell, but if the president is speaking to the people of the United States, and people are going to watch 'American Idol,' that's sad. — Henry Rollins

The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger. — Lucan

There is also an old proverb, that they who pay much attention to the body generally neglect the soul. — John Calvin

At 13, I was a big, totally uncoordinated, hopeless football player. I responded to somebody else's rules, and I stayed just good enough to get a scholarship to Columbia, which was looking for scholar-athletes. — Brian Dennehy

In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth. — Arthur Goldberg

Steve Howey is probably the funniest man in Hollywood. For real. He is just that person that can make you laugh at all times. — Shanola Hampton

My only concern about art collaborations is that I never thought of myself as an Artist. My tax forms say Musician/Songwriter. — Sufjan Stevens

These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood. Since you should abandon even good states of mind generated by these teachings, How much more so should you abandon bad states of mind! — Gautama Buddha

I've always been one to arrive early for work; preparation is a big part of how I work, and I like to be in my office going through plans for the upcoming training sessions or meetings I have. — Brendan Rodgers

When I was up on stage, Hal-san pointed toward where you were seated. Hal-san knew the general area where you where seated but he said he couldn't find you because there were too many people. But I found you and I saw only you because you were beaming bright like a spotlight was shining upon you. That's how you appeared to me. — Yamada Nanpei

Gregorian chant, Romanesque architecture, the Iliad , the invention of geometry were not, for the people through whom they were brought into being and made available to us, occasions for the manifestation of personality. — Simone Weil

Indeed, we might all forget where we have been if we didn't have somebody to assemble and arrange the little blocks called facts from which history is constructed, artfully or less so. — Jay Parini

Neurotic behavior is quite predictable. Healthy behavior is unpredictable. — Carl Rogers