Statesmanlike Chainsaw Quotes & Sayings

Nothing brings people together more than mutual hatred. — Henry Rollins

A beautiful woman can be painted as a totem only; not as a woman, but as a Madonna, a queen, a sphinx. — Saul Steinberg

No! It was not me. I did not touch him!"
"But you know who did. You were there," Shanti whispered, her face cracking, revealing visions of death. Of loss. Of misery so intense it sucked all the happy thoughts from the room and corroded their memories.
Sanders took a step forward even as the Captain did, not knowing exactly what to do, but wanting to cure this woman of that pain. The sight of it broke his heart. No one deserved to see a loved on killed, and then get confronted with it like this. No one. — K.F. Breene

If it is art, it is not for all.
If it is for all, it is not art. — Schoenberg

It makes no difference whether they be Catholics, Orthodox, Copts or Protestants. They are Christians! Their blood is one and the same. Their blood confesses Christ. — Pope Francis

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice. — Luc De Clapiers

When you succeed, you become the professor of the world — Bangambiki Habyarimana

While I was looking the other way your fire went out
Left me with cinders to kick into dust
What a waste of the wonder you were
In my living fire I will keep your scorn and mine
In my living fire I will keep your heartache and mine
At the disgrace of a waste of a life — Kristin Cashore

Sometimes you try to fly and you fall. Remember your falls are not fatal, they're just a little painful. Endure the pain, clean the blood stain, you'll surely gain! Get up and fly again! — Israelmore Ayivor

It sounds shameful, but on my best days I write only about three or four hours. — Anne Bernays

The mind gathers its grain in all fields, storing it against a time of need, then suddenly it bursts into awareness, which men call inspiration or second sight or a gift. — Louis L'Amour

Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some for ornament and reputation; some for victory and contention; many for lucre and a livelihood; and but few for employing the Divine gift of reason to the use and benefit of mankind. — Francis Bacon

We're petal people. I think about the earthquake kiss in the alcove and want to cry again. — Jandy Nelson