Torturers Bench Quotes & Sayings

Therefore of necessity they must at first believe that Felicity is a glorious though an unknown thing. And certainly it was the infinite wisdom of God that did implant by instinct so strong a desire of Felicity in the Soul, that we might be excited to labour after it, though we know it not, the very force wherewith we covet it supplying the place of understanding. That there is a Felicity, we all know by the desires after, that there is a most glorious Felicity we know by the strength and vehemence of those desires. — Thomas Traherne

The reality of our business is that for every actor who's rolled up his tent and given up and gone home, the next day you hear about some shoe salesman at Macy's who had this audition and now he's Harrison Ford. There's always that carrot out there in our business. — Scott Bakula

Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe. — Therese Of Lisieux

When a woman reads a romance novel, she is putting her own pleasure first. That small act of rebellion is perceived as a threat to the status quo. It's also why this eternally popular and profitable genre has been scorned, ridiculed and dismissed. — Maya Rodale

I can see light at the end of the tunnel and it isn't a train. — David Bowie

Failing to have a cake after one has eaten it, is not a compromise. — Ayn Rand

When history calls, history calls, — Olympia Snowe

I think there are parts of myself in every character I play. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw

He will always know as we know now that in the heat of battle he did not fail when mateship and duty called. — Julia Gillard