Severo Sarduy Quotes & Sayings

The common Calvinist experience of life as a refugee, or of being part of a host community that received refugees, led to lasting international connections between individuals and communities...As churches became established in Switzerland, the Palatinate, Scotland, England and Bearn, and the churches in the Netherlands, France, Hungary and Poland battled for legal recognition and survival, princely courts, noble houses, universities and colleges also became locations for interactions between many Calvinists. Theologians, clergy, students, booksellers, merchants, diplomats, courtiers and military officers became involved in networks of personal contacts, correspondence, teaching and negotiation. — Graeme Murdock

Give honour unto Luke Evangelist; For he it was (the aged legends say) Who first taught Art to fold her hands and pray. — Dante Gabriel Rossetti

How does the Authority usually handle storms like this?"
"Not well. — Devon Monk

The reason that the unions and the other stakeholders have not cut a deal with the automakers is because they believe the federal government is going to bail them out. — Tim Pawlenty

Our business is not to solve problems beyond our mortal powers, but to see to it that our thoughts are not unworthy of the great theme. — William Macneile Dixon

I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack. — Vanessa Hudgens

Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence. It is no fun to write lumpishly, dully, in prose the reader must plod through like wet sand. But it is a pleasure to achieve, if one can, a clear running prose that is simple yet full of surprises. This does not just happen. It requires skill, hard work, a good ear, and continued practice. — Barbara Tuchman

Because systems of mass communication can communicate only officially acceptable levels of reality, no one can know the extent of the secret unconscious life. No one in America can know what will happen. No one is in real control. — Allen Ginsberg

Lucy paints portraits of Barbara Streisand. — Hunter S. Thompson

Drunks fear the police
but the police are drunk too. — Rumi

He didn't break my heart. No one can break your heart except you. — Gabrielle Zevin

in your deeds and in your works, don't expect to start reaping just as you start sowing. — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

When I was operating as one of President Reagan's economic advisers, an early assignment was to analyze the federal government's landholdings and make recommendations about what to do with them. This was a big job. These lands are vast, covering an area six times that of France. — Steve Hanke

You've always been in here", he says, patting his chest over his heart. "We just hadn't met yet. — S.L. Scott