Schwartzwalder Trophy Quotes & Sayings

If God were to exist for the entire humanity, he would be profoundly vile, as he allows the existence of unfathomable sin, stupidity, madness, and misery for no reason than his own despicable enjoyment. God exists though, not for all humanity, but for a one chosen man - a philosopher - who is bound to answer the greatest philosophical question, the question about the nature of the questioner's existence, which progressively quenches the divine vanity. — Kedar Joshi

He wouldn't be the one to prove to the world that there was an afterlife, but he hoped to be the one to prove it to himself, though he would have a few stern questions for a Creator who made people haunt libraries. — Thomm Quackenbush

We can't blame the entire Muslim society because of the mischievous acts of a few individuals. Therefore, at the general public level we must cultivate the notion of not just one religion, one truth, but pluralism and many truths. We can change the atmosphere, and we can modify certain ways of thinking. — Dalai Lama

To the domesticated, nomads were an unwelcome reminder of instinct suppressed, liberty compromised, and control unimplemented. — Tom Robbins

I don't consider myself a sociologist, I consider myself a filmmaker, among other things. Maybe an asshole but a filmmaker. — Melvin Van Peebles

Are not all loves secretly the same? A hundred flowers sprung from a single root. — Tanith Lee

It's done by everyone minding their own business — Lewis Carroll

I don't like to think about stuff that's boring. — Eric Bachmann

Perhaps selling your children, your future, just happened one bad decision at a time. — Janette Rallison

Absolutely. No more pretending! — Dana Burkey

By that point a career change was beyond consideration; he was a bottle, thrown to the sea, into which the villagers had folded their wishes, and though he was willing to give up on himself, he wasn't willing to let down those who believed he could carry them over the water. — Anthony Marra