Senator Pococurante Quotes & Sayings

Mention but the word "divinity," and our sense of the divine is clouded. — Samuel Butler

The renewal of the Church will come from a new type of monasticism which only has in common with the old an uncompromising allegiance to the Sermon on the Mount. It is high time people banded together to do this. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Research shows that when we read words on paper, it reduces our stress levels by nearly 70 percent. We also read more carefully than on tablets or laptops. — Margaret Heffernan

I don't think we really think about where we get our equality from. There is a sense of feminism and women become passe, in my opinion. — Anastasia Griffith

I got sick, hospitalized, had no insurance. And the money I had saved for our honeymoon went to pay medical bills. So I had been in the position of not having insurance when I needed health care. — Dick Cheney

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste. — Voltaire

It's Tolstoy, by the way," I say as I open the door.
He turns around. "What?"
Shut up, I tell myself. Shut up.
"The writer of Anna Karenina. Not Trotsky. Trotsky was a revolutionary who was stabbed with a
pickax in Mexico in 1940. But I can understand how the T thing could confuse you. — Melina Marchetta

Building a great company that can build great products over and over and over is the hardest of all. — Anonymous

Father Brown looked him full in his frowning face. "Yes," he said, "I caught him, with an unseen hook and an invisible line which is long enough to let him wander to the ends of the world, and still to bring him back with a twitch upon the thread. — G.K. Chesterton

Anyone so lacking in empathy that he could systematically torment and physically degrade another should not be suffered to live. — Patrick Rothfuss

I think we all have limitations, as directors. I don't care what the budget is, it's probably never enough money and never enough time. You figure it out. Sometimes the limitations bring more creativity. — Francesca Gregorini

Grace is inexplicable, inappropriate, out of bounds, offensive, excessive, & given to the wrong people. — Michael Spencer