Souvent Quotes

#1. The opposite of what is noised about concerning men and things is often the truth.
[Fr., Le contraire des bruits qui courent des affaires ou des personnes est souvent la verite.]

Jean De La Bruyere

#2. By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them.
[Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.]

Pierre Corneille

#3. There exists only the present instant ... a Now which always and without end is itself new. There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now, as it was a thousand years ago and as it will be a thousand years hence.

Meister Eckhart

#4. True, trust necessarily carries with it uncertainties, but we must force ourselves to think about these uncertainties as possibilities and opportunities, not as liabilities.

Robert C. Solomon

#5. A victory at Kursk would shine like a beacon to the world!

Adolf Hitler

#6. I physically need to make art. Art isn't just a hobby for me. It's not something that I like. It's an intense passion, an ecstatic love affair, with as much turmoil, frustration, exasperation and need as a forbidden liaison.

Sarah Lacy

#7. I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe.

Rufus Wainwright

#8. Do I look like I'm compelled to do anything? Do I seriously look like anyone could compel me to even bring them a coaster?"
She looked me over again. "You look like you're compelled to cause trouble, but I doubt that's the boss' directive.

Debra Dunbar

#9. The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.

Al Franken

#10. You may think life is sweet now, but when death is a heartbeat away then life becomes unbearably desirable. And when you survive, everything you do will be enhanced and filled with greater joy: the sunlight, the breeze, a good wine, a woman's lips, a child's laughter.

David Gemmell

#11. When I'm drumming, I'm not thinking about much.

Alice Dellal

#12. You freaking, flippin', moronic frat boy!

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#13. More than the Jews have kept Shabbat, Shabbat has kept the Jews.

Ahad Ha'am

#14. Most books are born from the smoke and vapour of the brain: and to vapour and smoke may they well return. For having no fire within themselves, they shall be visited with fire.

Friedrich Nietzsche