Youcef Attal Quotes & Sayings

As far as I am concerned, I know that I have lost not wealth but distractions. The body's needs are few: it wants to be free from cold, to banish hunger and thirst with nourishment; if we long for anything more we are exerting ourselves to serve our vices, not our needs. — Seneca.

That Mrs. Wiggins! Why, she's as like my sister Eva as two peas. — Walter R. Brooks

People always joke that 'dog' spells 'god' backwards. They should consider that it might be the higher power coming down to see just how well they do, what kind of people they are. The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test. — Linda Blair

In the case of European towns, the passing of centuries provides an enhancement; in the case of American towns, the passing of years brings degeneration. It is not simply that they have been newly built; they were built so as to be renewable as quickly as they were put up, that is, badly. — Claude Levi-Strauss

Crankish attacks on the freedom to read are common at present. When backed and coordinated by organized groups, they become sinister. — Ursula K. Le Guin

I am a very lucky man. I am living my life with my hobby as my profession. — Jim Sullivan

What I expect from a good story is that it will tell me today what I can't know from any other source but that story, from its unique way of putting something into words, from the feeling that it implies. — Elena Ferrante

Anyway it was an idea of mother's and she often used to repeat it, that you ended up getting used to everything. — Albert Camus

I love Serge Lutens orange blossom perfume; my mom got it for me. It's my favorite. It just smells clean. — Gia Coppola