Wharfedale Quotes & Sayings

A curious thing about atrocity stories is that they mirror, instead of the events they purport to describe, the extent of the hatred of the people that tell them. Still, you can't listen unmoved to tales of misery and murder. — John Dos Passos

When skateboarding and punk merged, it really became a large teen subculture. — Jeffrey Deitch

Some people point to me as the cause of all society's problems, others as if I am the benefactor, responsible for everything good, but I am neither the former nor the latter. I am but a man in particular circumstances, and the most beautiful part is that an individual human life is capable of contributing to the growth, the awakening of the collective strength. That is what matters! — Hugo Chavez

You try to tell yourself that you've been lucky, most incredibly lucky, and usually that works because it's true. Sometimes it doesn't work, that's all. Then you cry. — Stephen King

It has often been noted that the biblical stories recounted in the Quran, especially those dealing with Jesus, imply a familiarity with the traditions and narratives of the Christian faith. — Reza Aslan

All deaths, all endings, are a path to the next beginning. — Alberto Villoldo

Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior, or better yet, your own. — John Waters

Truth is not always the best basis for happiness. There are certain lies which may constitute a far better and more secure foundation of happiness. There are people who perish when their eyes are opened. — Wilhelm Stekel

But I cannot bring myself to believe that I was intended for a musician, because it seems so small a business in comparison with other things which, it seems to me, I might do. Question here: 'What is the province of music in the economy of the world?' — Sidney Lanier

A fox looked at his shadow at sunrise and said, "I will have a camel for lunch today." And all morning he went about looking for camels. But at noon he saw his shadow again-and he said, "A mouse will do. — Kahlil Gibran

Far from being a "luxury for the rich," organic farming may turn out to be a necessity not just for the poor, but for everyone. — Raj Patel

Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it? — Robert Jordan

The best way to reclaim your dignity is to act rationally and treat yourself lovingly. Do not self-destruct. — Ben Newman

In the School of Coquettes Madam Rose is a scholar,-O, they fish with all nets In the School of Coquettes! When her brooch she forgets 'Tis to show her new collar; In the School of Coquettes Madam Rose is a scholar! — Henry Austin Dobson

I was bullied a lot because I was a midget in this land of giants I lived in. Sometimes, my only weapon was whatever I could throw. I couldn't be held responsible. I didn't choose the short life; the short life chose me. — Nicole Banks