Xra Quotes & Sayings

For me faith is the foundation and support of one's life. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre. — Peter Gallagher

The concept of a writer writing a vivid and accurate scene in a language transparent and devoid of decoration so that we see through to the object without writerly distraction suffers the same contradiction as the concept of a painter painting a vivid and accurate scene with pigments transparent and devoid of color, including white and black - so that the paint will not get between us and the picture. — Samuel R. Delany

Feeling is the secret. — Neville Goddard

If I want to have a conversation, I can't have a list of questions, because the second question on the list is going to interrupt the conversation. — Michael Silverblatt

I think maybe the classic formulation was by David Hume in "Of the First Principles of Government," where he pointed out that "Force is always on the side of the governed." Whether it's a military society, a partially free society, or what we - not he - would call a totalitarian state, it's the governed who have the power. And the rulers have to find ways to keep them from using their power. Force has its limits, so they have to use persuasion. They have to somehow find ways to convince people to accept authority. If they aren't able to do that, the whole thing is going to collapse. — Noam Chomsky

Egoistical opinion that a man is the king of nature was created by the man himself, so he can justify his wrong decisions. — Ruben Papian

To be friends with God means to pray with simplicity, like children talking to their parents. — Pope Francis

The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse. It can keep a soul alive even if all that survives is a shimmering. I've even seen it. I've been bathed in it. I've been changed by it. — M.J. Rose

You wake up each day from the dream; but to be free, you must also wake up from the waking state. — Mooji

I want people to surprise themselves. Instead of saying "Oh, god, didn't we already do this 17 times?" — David Fincher

Some music comes from a real place; some music comes from your imagination. It's difficult to find out what's real and what's not, especially with the gangster stuff. — Ice-T

We have a hostage to pay ransom for in the morning so we can use him as ransom when we meet other kidnappers in the afternoon. — Michael Prelee