Vogelgesang Quotes & Sayings

Darks drifts covered the horizon. A strange shadow approaching nearer and nearer, was spreading little by little over men, over things, over ideas; a shadow which came from indignations and from systems. All that had been hurriedly stifled was stirring and fermenting. Sometimes the conscious of the honest man caught its breath, there was so much confusion in that air in which sophisms were mingled with truths. Minds trembled in the social anxiety like leaves at the approach of the storm. The electric tension was so great that at certain moments any chance-comer, thought unknown, flashed out. Then the twilight darkness fell again. At intervals, deep and sullen mutterings enabled men to judge of the amount of lightning in the cloud. — Victor Hugo

Dwayne's real mother was a spinster school teacher who wrote sentimental poetry and claimed to be descended from Richard the Lion-Hearted, who was a king. His real father was an itinerant typesetter, who seduced his mother by setting her poems in type. He didn't sneak them into a newspaper or anything. It was enough for her that they were set in type. — Kurt Vonnegut

No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July. — Mac Thornberry

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. — Mother Teresa

Worry is a habit. It got into your mind because you practiced it, and anything you practice in, you can practice out. — Norman Vincent Peale

It seems to me that you can go sauntering along for a certain period, telling the English some interesting things about themselves, and then all at once it feels as if you had stepped on the prongs of a rake. — Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy

Immanuel Kant believed that we humans, because we are so emotionally complex, go through two puberties in life. The first puberty is when our bodies become mature enough for sex; the second puberty is when our minds becomes mature enough for sex. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Everyone needs a certain amount of money. Beyond that, we pursue money because we know how to obtain it. We don't necessarily know how to obtain happiness. — Gregg Easterbrook

Growing up, others girls wanted to dance and help their mums with the cooking. I liked to play soccer with the boys. Or I'd be off on my own, tilting mirrors towards the sun in order to burn armies of ants. That was my idea of fun. — Ali Larter

But first I had to get through the ironing. It took a lot of patience. I had none. It took forever, and then I had to press the whole shirt again to get out the creases I'd pressed into it. — Jennifer Echols

We all have a purpose, or calling. If it's greed, hence, lies the wrong path. — David Fredette

And my Christianity, first and foremost, governed the way that I tried to deal with people. — Mike Pence

Acting was something I needed like air. It wasn't something I could walk away from. — Wentworth Miller

Never trust people that like to call things by initials, that's my philosophy. — Tad Williams

I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention. — Inbee Park