Perpetua Quotes

#1. And Harold came into Perpetua's apartment.
He said, 'I just want to know one thing. Are you happy?' 'Sure,' Perpetua said. (Donald Barthelme, "Perpetua")

Donald Barthelme

#2. Nice dress," Victoria said.
"Thank you," Perpetua said. "Do you mind if I ask you a personal question?"
Victoria blinked. "Uh, what?

Benjamin R. Smith

#3. One more man who hates women, she muttered at last.

Stieg Larsson

#4. Do you think these sannyasi children of Sri Ramakrishna are born to simply to sit under trees lighting dhuni-fires? Whenever any of them will take up some work, people will be astonished to see their energy. Learn from them how to work.

Swami Vivekananda

#5. At some point in my life I thought it was good to specialize, but now I think it's good to build a bigger product than just music.

Ashkan Kooshanejad

#6. I don't sing. I do everybody a favor and I don't sing.

Jake Pavelka

#7. Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.

Sogyal Rinpoche

#8. I know many of you would say "What about the Bible?" The Bible says this, the Bible says that, the Bible is the inspired Word of God. I think the Bible is the inspired word of man - about God, and some of that is now expired.

Carlton Pearson

#9. It didn't matter if Aria was hundreds of miles away, or whether she'd hurt him, or said goodbye, or anything else. Nothing would change the way he felt. The moment Aria had taken his hand on the roof at Marron's, she'd changed everything. No matter what happened, she'd always be the one.

Veronica Rossi

#10. One of the characteristics of the young is "I want it now."

Ann Landers

#11. Almost it seemed that the words took shape, and visions of far lands and bright things that he had never yet imagined opened out before him; and the firelit hall became like a golden mist above seas of foam that sighed upon the margins of the world.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#12. Stand fast in the faith, and love one another, all of you, and be not offended at my sufferings.

Vivia Perpetua

#13. Calculated globally, human society consumes the equivalent of 400 years' worth of ancient solar energy (expressed in terms of the net primary productivity of plants during previous geological eras) each year through our use of fossil fuels.

Mark Lynas

#14. I remember three years ago looking into the entrance pool of Julia's stately domus and finding I was beautiful.

Amy Rachel Peterson

#15. Because of the power shortage and lack of replacement parts there was only one elevator running in the Empire State Building, and this one went only as high as the twenty-fifth floor. After that you walked.

Harry Harrison

#16. Genius? Nothing--we just worked harder.

Charles Eames

#17. I consider myself an artist, but instead of paint or clay, my medium is drag. I put so much of myself into my drag from every detail of the costume, makeup and hair to my performance, the way I speak or even stand.

Manila Luzon

#18. In fact, I don't read newspapers any longer.

Naomi Campbell

#19. Spare your father's white hair; spare the tender years of your child, offer a sacrifice for the prosperity of the emperor'. I replied 'no'. 'Are you a Christian?' asked Hilarian. And I answered 'yes I am'.

Vibia Perpetua

#20. Republicans prefer straight talk to politically correct talk!

Mitt Romney