Moacyr Franco Quotes

#1. Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

Honore De Balzac

#2. One swallows the lie that flatters, but sips the bitter truth drop by drop.

Denis Diderot

#3. There aren't any liberals left in New York. They've all been mugged by now.

James Q. Wilson

#4. Egg whites are full of protein." "So is jizz. You don't see me harvesting yours so I can drink a glass of it.

Helena Hunting

#5. Some people seem to graze like sheep in the placid pastures of their faith. Some of them were born there and never broke away ... Others, after some wandering, found shelter there and are quiet and content. They look with a bland mystification at the mavericks.

Marjorie Holmes

#6. From the desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire.

Bayard Taylor

#7. We all loved him, and our slaves fairly worshipped the ground he trod.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

#8. The apex of mathematical achievement occurs when two or more fields which were thought to be entirely unrelated turn out to be closely intertwined. Mathematicians have never decided whether they should feel excited or upset by such events.

Gian-Carlo Rota

#9. We talked about the nice poor people who went to the electric chair; and we talked about the rich bastards who didn't. We talked about religious people who had perversions. We talked about a lot of things.

Kurt Vonnegut