Yvonne Chouteau Quotes & Sayings

If Radiohead were a fruit we would be apples, because apples are festive — Thom Yorke

Repose, leisure, peace, belong among the elements of happiness. If we have not escaped from harried rush, from mad pursuit, from unrest, from the necessity of care, we are not happy. And what of contemplation? Its very premise is freedom from the fetters of workaday busyness. Moreover, it itself actualizes this freedom by virtue of being intuition. — Josef Pieper

TV takes away our freedom to have whatever thoughts we want. So do photographs, movies, and the Internet. They provide us with more intellectual stimuli, but they construct a lower, harder ceiling. — Chuck Klosterman

I have a few celebrity friends, but I'm really not into the whole Hollywood scene. I like to separate myself from my work. It stresses me out if I do too much of the same. — Keke Palmer

You are not just the drop in the ocean. You are the mighty ocean in the drop. — Rumi

The goal isn't, and shouldn't be, to block Hillary Clinton. The goal is to make sure a potential President Clinton is beholden to a better Congress and a better Democratic Party. — Alex Pareene

Humans are nervous, touchy creatures and can be easily offended. Many are deeply insecure. They become focused and energized by taking offence; it makes them feel meaningful and alive. — Michael Leunig

The meanest and most hateful thing about money is that it even gives one talent. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I love Valentine's Day. When you're a kid everyone gets a Valentine. It's like 'TO TIM, NICE PANTS, LOVE SCOTT'. It's Valentines galore! — Mike Birbiglia

He wished he could find a way back to believing, even though he knew better, that she was his to protect. — Cassandra Clare

I remember, I remember how my childhood fleeted by. The mirth of its December, and the warmth of its July. — Winthrop Mackworth Praed

It is not for us to search but to remain still, to achieve Immobility not Action. — Wei Wu Wei