Sir Peter Paul Rubens Quotes & Sayings

Truth is used to vitalize a statement rather than devitalize it. Truth implies more than a simple statement of fact. "I don't have any whiskey," may be a fact but it is not a truth. — William S. Burroughs

Byrnes ... was concerned about Russia's postwar behavior. Russian troops had moved into Hungary and Rumania, and Byrnes thought it would be very difficult to persuade Russia to withdraw her troops from these countries, that Russia might be more manageable if impressed by American military might, and that a demonstration of the bomb might impress Russia. — Leo Szilard

Since ancient times, the dragon has been the only beast to equal the tiger. Even if you're not by my side right now, I will leap through space and time and always be by your side. These feelings will never change. — Yuyuko Takemiya

Some managers hire people they're excited to work with. I prefer to hire people I'm excited to dominate. — Mykle Hansen

If you love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen. — Samuel Adams

Someone said to me at a party once, 'Oh, yeah, you're a comedian? Then how come you're not funny now?' And I just wanted to say, 'Well, I'm just going to take this conversation we're having and then repeat that to strangers, and then that's the joke. You're the joke later.' — Mike Birbiglia

I'm not going to run for political office. — Phil Robertson

A just person is one who is conformed and transformed into justice. — Meister Eckhart

I'm always amazed when young women who are having babies want their husbands to watch the babies come out. I would never allow anything like that. — Jeanne Moreau

When I hear a great musician, I can feel his life inside the music. — John McLaughlin

In places in the world where we don't speak the same language, or even understand that we pray to the same God, we dance to the same beat, that is the ONE. — Debbie Allen

For one thing, before the 20th century, there were plenty of genocides. We tend to forget about them, partly because they weren't as well documented and partly because, until recently, people didn't care. We used euphemisms like 'sackings' and 'sieges' instead of calling them 'genocides.' — Steven Pinker