Vagaragesale Quotes & Sayings

Living does not undo life. Death does not, either. Life and death are not either-or. — Eileen Wilks

He was my equal in beauty, a paragon of grace and charm, sparkling with wit, and burning with love. I adored him to distraction, to the point of idolatry: I loved him as one can never love twice. — Voltaire

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes. — Suzanne Farrell

If there is such a thing as 'a Cukor style,' I guess it arises out of two principal factors: my own personalized perception of the world and my ability to deal professionally with actors. As far as perception is concerned, I always try to imagine settings through the best possible eyes. — George Cukor

I was born on September 27, 1918, the second of five children. — Martin Ryle

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves. — Edith Sitwell

I would argue that masturbation is the human animal's most important adaptation. The very cornerstone of our technological civilization. Our hands evolved to grip tools, all right - including our own. You see, thinkers, inventors, and scientists are usually geeks, and geeks have a harder time getting laid than anyone. Without the built-in sexual release valve provided by masturbation, it's doubtful that early humans would have ever mastered the secrets of fire or discovered the wheel. And you can bet that Galileo, Newton, and Einstein never would have made their discoveries if they hadn't first been able to clear their heads by slapping the salami (or "knocking a few protons off the old hydrogen atom"). The same goes for Marie Curie. Before she discovered radium, you can be certain she first discovered the little man in the canoe. — Ernest Cline

Explosive emotional reaction out of all proportion to the occasion. Why? Why this unreasonable anger at the sight of others who are happy or content, this growing contempt for people and the desire to hurt them? — Truman Capote

You can certainly go to war about it, but to me it seems pointless. — Joy Browne

Take a favorite trick of yours and write a 'gestures script' how could you improve clarity [using gestures]. — Roberto Giobbi

I am not cruel -
only truthful. — Sylvia Plath

We are all more than the sum of our sins, — Jeaniene Frost