Traenheim Quotes & Sayings

If I had a device, it would be the true, the true only, leaving the beautiful and the good to settle matters afterwards as best they could. — Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve

The only truth I can write is that of the instant I am living. — Italo Calvino

The lives of heroes have enriched history, and history has adorned the actions of heroes ; and thus I cannot say whether the historians are more indebted to those who provided them with such noble materials, or those great men to their historians. — Jean De La Bruyere

I've always believed that who a reporter votes for, what religion they are, who they love, should not be something they have to discuss publicly, — Anderson Cooper

Be focused in what you do and what you say. There is much noise in the world to detrack you. — Moazzam Shaikh

It is, she considered gravely, a terribly dangerous world. She supposed it always had been, but she was only now really experiencing it. — S.D. Smith

I had ballooned out to close to 400 pounds at one point. And in the '80s, we were just beginning to get on video and disco. So therefore, I did not fit in, and my record company let me go because they said, 'Look, you're just not marketable enough with the weight problem.' — Jennifer Holliday

Crown made my belly flutter even when I begged it to stop.
Until he opened his mouth.
When Crown opened his mouth, I wanted to bust him over the head with a lasagna pan. — Lila Felix

This old aristocracy and Church-ridden, and tradition-ridden country will never grow wiser. Whilst we are fighting for supremacy in Europe the [United] States are working , and not fighting for it, but winning it all over the world. — John Bright

The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies. — George Crabbe

A book is simply the container of an idea like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters. — Angela Carter