Witzend Quotes & Sayings

In the summer of 2007, I was sitting in a studio in Dublin, debating with a lay spokesman of the Roman Catholic Church who turned out to be the only believing Christian on a discussion panel of five people. He was a perfectly nice and rather modest logic-chopping polemicist, happy enough to go for a glass of refreshment after the program, and I suddenly felt a piercing stab of pity for him. A generation ago in Ireland, the Church did not have to lower itself in this way. It raised its voice only slightly, and was instantly obeyed by the Parliament, the schools, and the media. It could and did forbid divorce, contraception, the publication of certain books, and the utterance of certain opinions. Now it is discredited and in decline. Its once-absolute doctrines appear ridiculous: — Christopher Hitchens

There's not one way to direct a film, there are so many different ways to do it. Everything affects the way it turns out in the end. Even the smallest things. You don't want to really acknowledge that, because you want to believe that you are the only creative asset as a director. You want to believe you're the only one. But I really feel that everyone teams up and everybody really affects everything. Actually, it's the closest I will get to playing in a band. — Lukas Moodysson

Am I really gonna deny someone the opportunity of a lifetime just because they met me 5 easters early? — Zach Braff

In quantum mechanics no object has a definite position, except when colliding headlong with something else. — Carlo Rovelli

Kill Bill is one of my favorite movies. It has this gritty feeling to it, and it's got a little bit of everything - a little bit of western, a little bit of samurai, and a lot of this very cinematic violence that I personally think is very entertaining. — Tove Styrke

For mental and emotional health, quiet time is very important to me. I need a point in every day that I disconnect from all electronics and reconnect to my center. I pray and meditate. I drink a ton of water and believe in a good night's sleep. — Erica Tazel

Though I had no respect for Jack Lewis, I respected the hole in his chest. He was dying, and you owe the dying your attention. — Carsten Jensen

And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward. — Paulo Coelho

FACT 211: The chronic stress of a high-pressure job has been shown to double the risk of a heart attack. Chronic stress may also result in alcoholism, hypertension, and severe depression, and can make your joints ache, your hair fall out, and even stop your period.

So that bald drunk lady at work who's always crying and giving away her tampons? Give her a break; she's under a lot of stress. — Cary McNeal

If God created us to do good works of eternal significance, he would not create us ill-prepared for those tasks. — Christine Caine

If a man prepares dinner for you and the salad contains three or more types of lettuce, he is serious. — Rita Rudner

The more delicate and ambitious the soul, the further do dreams estrange it from possible things. — Charles Baudelaire

Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional. — Desmond Tutu