Unideal Quotes & Sayings

I was a professor at Princeton University. And, in that capacity, I studied for many years the role of financial crisis in the economy. — Ben Bernanke

Found objects, chance creations, ready-mades (mass-produced items promoted into art objects, such as Duchamp's "Fountain"-urinal as sculpture) abolish the separation between art and life. The commonplace is miraculous if rightly seen. — Charles Simic

Every day I do something that freaks me out. — Gail Porter

And what of Joan's presence among so many young, armed men? Perhaps of all the nobles and military men, the Duke of Alencon - that dedicated, courageous and skillful commander - may be trusted most. Although he was a man who had a keen eye for attractive and available women, he too recognized a rare quality of sincere devotion that deflected any tendency to make sexual overtures. 'Sometimes I lay down to sleep with Joan and the soldiers,' Alencon recalled. 'We were all in the straw together, and sometimes I saw Joan prepare for the night. Sometimes too I looked at her breasts, which were beautiful. And yet I never had any carnal desire for her. — Donald Spoto

As far as my experience of matrimony goes
I think it tends to draw you out of, and away from yourself. — Charlotte Bronte

Smile is the arch of an arrowed heart
Tears are waters to make pain's life start — Munia Khan

Pressure is something you put on yourself. — Bill Cowher

In the central Indian state of Orissa, mining has scarred the landscape, and it is already too late to secure most of the traditional elephant corridors. — Mark Shand

Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident. — Irvin D. Yalom