Unsworn Declaration Quotes & Sayings

Some people's affability is more deadly than the violence of coarser souls. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Belief is a toxic and dangerous attitude toward reality. After all, if it's there it doesn't require your belief- and if it's not there why should you believe in it? — Terence McKenna

I stopped three feet from gold, but I will never stop because men say 'no' when I ask them to buy insurance." Darby — Napoleon Hill

Instill respect for teachers. — Henry Louis Gates

However this miraculous place worked, it seemed real enough. The sun was hot, the soda was cold, the sky was blue, the grass was green. What more did he need to know? — Clive Barker

I'm definitely responsible for the image that I put out there. But it does become frustrating, because I don't want 'sexy' to be my defining characteristic. I'd love for my ambition and will and intellect and sense of humour to define me as well. — Eva Mendes

The evangelical assertion of the new Word was not intended to make man fit into the world, but to verify his isolation — John Lamb Lash

I like people who love books and movies and art and want to talk about it all the time, because that's basically what I want to talk about. Intellectuals that are funny. — Greta Gerwig

When you're playing such brilliant music every day, then the last thing you ever want to do is try to write something of your own that's crude and not as good. — Regina Spektor

I've never used Sybase in my life. How would I make an intelligent decision about this versus that with a Sybase extension? — Rasmus Lerdorf

You stop belonging to yourself," she said. "I belong to my child, my husband, my home, my work, my babysitter, my cleaning lady. The time that remains, like after-tax dollars, doesn't last longer than a two-minute sonata by Scarlatti."
"And you don't even like Scarlatti," I said. — Andre Aciman

There's a bit more of a safe distance when you're making a narrative movie, a bit more perspective. Audiences can separate themselves from the harsh reality of the facts a little bit more and think: 'Okay, how do I consider this?' — Tom McCarthy

It would be the greatest tragedy if I didn't tell you that unless you repent of your sins and receive Christ as your Savior, you are going to be lost. — Billy Graham

My big advantage was to have my father accept me as first-generation. — Mukesh Ambani