Telescreen 1984 Quotes & Sayings

An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only ... We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties. Till then, it is like wasting great wine on a ravenous natural thirst which merely wants cold wetness. — C.S. Lewis

(Man,) the glory and the scandal of the universe. — Blaise Pascal

I've got a great eye for color. I'm like a chick. — Adam Carolla

Confronted by too much emptiness, said Adam One, the brain invents. Loneliness creates company as thirst creates water. How many sailors have been wrecked in pursuit of islands that were merely a shimmering? — Margaret Atwood

All your life should be seen and measured in the light of eternity. — Jim George

Walk in the direction where your peace is found — Steven Aitchison

Doing nothing at all is often the very wisest thing ... as the world is a ball and is turning and everything is in fact in motion all the time, doing nothing is not really doing nothing, it's allowing things to mover at their own pace — Niall Williams

Tyson charged at the Cyclops leader, Ma Gasket, her chain-mail dress
spattered with mud and decorated with broken spears.
She gawked at Tyson and started to say, "Who - ?"
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Tyson hit her in the head so hard, she spun in a circle and landed on
her rump.
"Bad Cyclops Lady!" he bell owed. "General Tyson says GO AWAY!"
He hit her again, and Ma Gasket broke into dust. — Rick Riordan

Here, illuminated at last,
Nestles the ruddy glint of spiritual certainty;
Sweet moments of passion and healing,
Of sensual release. — Scott Hastie

Everything in everybody's life is ... significant. And everybody is alert, watching for the meanings. — Tom Wolfe

You Know love when you see it, hear it, and feel it." ~ Amunhotep El Bey — Amunhotep El Bey

As football players, our bodies know exactly what time of year it is and what we need to be doing. — LaDainian Tomlinson

After all, the purpose of The Prayer is not to stand and bow all Day long. The purpose is to possess continuously that fragrant state which appears to you in prayer. — Swatika Jain

People who are offended by the Ten Commandments have a deeper problem than the stone that it's written on, I think. — Judy Martz

Man is a mimic animal, happiest acting a part, needing a mask to tell the truth. — Subhash Kak