Semblons Quotes

#1. So that we may not be like the Athenians, who never consulted except after the event done.
[Fr., Afin que ne semblons es Athenians, qui ne consultoient jamais sinon apres le cas faict.]

Francois Rabelais

#2. Military brats have this toughness: they're almost like orphans or foster children; they develop little mechanisms. It sets you up to look at things a little differently.

Padgett Powell

#3. The modern theory of the infinite evolved in a contiguous way out of the mathematics that preceded it.

Shaughan Lavine

#4. The dining hall in our section of campus was like something out of an Ayn Rand novel: big, utilitarian, and impersonal.

Kirstie Collins Brote

#5. I love Tokio Hotel and their music, their makeup, their hairstyles and their subtlety.

Lady Gaga

#6. It is only me, the body in the shower, one person enclosed in plastic watching a drop of water skate down the wet curtain. The moment is there to be forgotten. This seems the ultimate point. It is a moment never to be thought of except when it is in the process of unfolding.

Don DeLillo

#7. President Bush listed his income as $822,000. You know what John Kerry calls someone who earns $822,000? Not even worth dating.

Jay Leno

#8. Do they not realize they have made me in her likeness? I think of what June is trying to lead me toward. What do they think I will do with it when I have no other options?

Megan Miranda

#9. Probably "I love my life" would be something I would say out loud to the planet - just that positive affirmation. And also, "Life is short," "Don't take yourself so seriously," and "Lighten the f - k up." And if that offends you, you really need to lighten the f - k up.

John Feldmann

#10. How to extract its honey from the flower of the world. That is my everyday business. I am as busy as a bee about it. I ramble over fields on that errand and am never so happy as when I feel myself heavy with honey and wax. I am like a bee searching the livelong day for the sweets of nature.

Henry David Thoreau

#11. We demand admission!

Douglas Adams

#12. 2013 will be the year I read more! and more!

Janet Horn

#13. Generally, I end up being the one thrown against the wall, because Zach is the drummer. He's stronger than me.

Isaac Hanson

#14. On the other hand, I'm drawn to top hats, and spats, and mustaches. I haven't read a Missed Connection yet with someone wearing a monocle, but rest assured I'll snap it up if I do.

Sophie Blackall

#15. There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.

Anthony Bourdain