Uppsala Natives Quotes

#1. So, after three days of incessant brandy-drinking, he had burned out the youth from his blood, he had achieved this kindled state of oneness with all the world, which is the end of youth's most passionate desire.

D.H. Lawrence

#2. Elinor, for shame!" said Marianne, "money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it. Beyond a competence, it can afford no real satisfaction, as far as mere self is concerned.

Jane Austen

#3. Instead of worrying about your problem, think of ways to handle the situation.

Spiff

#4. One explains things until things have no meaning anymore.

Marty Rubin

#5. Compassion is not a passion; rather a noble disposition of the soul, made ready to receive love, mercy, and other charitable passions.

Dante Alighieri

#6. Children consider disliking their parents natural, but if the dislike is returned, they are outraged.

Mason Cooley

#7. The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn't get lost enough.

James Thurber

#8. Acting is not very good for relationships - but very good for when they are over.

Hugh Dancy

#9. He has a home, Cole. He has a permanent home in my heart.

Debra Anastasia

#10. She isn't like any of the girls I ever knew, or any of the girls I was myself."
"How many girls were you, Aunt Jimsie?"
"About half a dozen, my dear.

L.M. Montgomery

#11. After Chopin's death, Polish patriots cut up his body to take out his heart. They nationalized this poor muscle and buried it in Poland.
A dead person is treated either as trash or as a symbol. Either way, it's the same disrespect to his vanished individuality.

Milan Kundera

#12. I will never stop doing stand-up; that's my career, but I will do movies in Hollywood.

Russell Peters

#13. Truth is not always the best basis for happiness. There are certain lies which may constitute a far better and more secure foundation of happiness. There are people who perish when their eyes are opened.

Wilhelm Stekel

#14. Stop costly new regulations that would increase unemployment, raise consumer prices, and weaken the nation's global competitiveness with virtually no impact on global temperatures.

Newt Gingrich

#15. I never let prejudice stop me from what I wanted to do in this life.

Sarah Louise Delany