Transvaluated Quotes & Sayings

Wisdom is the aristic craving for extraordinary insights, for incandescent revelations that have the power to burst through banausic and doulic ordinariness: wisdom is the lust to be transfigured, transvaluated. — Kenny Smith

These are the very questions that some are asking, especially those who are reading this book aloud. — Matthew David Brozik

People have a right to have their lives witnessed; if we coexist with the systems that abuse people, then we have a duty to understand. — Beeban Kidron

Those are the voices of my brothers, darling; I love the company of wolves. — Angela Carter

Once we accept violence as an adaptation, it makes sense that its expression is calibrated to the environment. The same individual will behave differently if he comes of age in Detroit, Mich., versus Windsor, Ontario; in New York in the 1980s versus New York now; in a culture of honor versus a culture of dignity. — Paul Bloom

A goal is a planned conflict with the status quo. — Hyrum W. Smith

I've never been an individual guy. I never cared about the accolades. I've always been driven by the competition and the learning process. — Kevin Garnett

If a woman enjoyed sex, or expressed her sexuality outwardly she was automatically a slut with no respect for herself. Sex was a favor you allowed your husband so angels wouldn't curse you until morning. — Michael Muhammad Knight

The principles upon which a safety lamp might be constructed I stated to several persons long before Sir Humphrey Davy came into this part of the country. — George Stephenson

I will be like Nijinksi, who was taken last year to the Russian ballet, and could not comprehend what spectacle he was viewing. I will be alone, quite alone in myself, indifferent to all the world's ballets. — Andre Breton

It is the relentless onward march of the texters, the SMS (Short Message Service) vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did to his neighbours 800 years ago. They are destroying it: pillaging our punctuation; savaging our sentences; raping our vocabulary. And they must be stopped. — John Humphrys

Serving together revolutionized our marriage. If one is ahead, prioritize patience and nag-resistance. God isn't a wedge between spouses; if you aren't walking side by side, I believe God will wait for you both. Press Pause. Don't give the spiritual depth to your church or friends and leave housekeeping leftovers for your man. Grow together, learn together, seek together, serve together. This is the most eternal portion of your union; treat it with utmost care. — Jen Hatmaker

She looked different. Oh yes, that was it - I didn't love her anymore.
People do look different when you fall out of love with them. — Jessica Thompson