Xaverius Parochie Quotes

#1. I think the record industry has gotten to be more about labels wondering what the new single is rather than labels nurturing artists. It's gotten away from making a full album of music that someone would want to listen to all the way through.

John Varvatos

#2. Thinking is not the ability to manipulate language; it's the ability to manipulate concepts.

Leslie Lamport

#3. Stop reliant on human effort. Seek divine power.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#4. For any writer, the ability to look at a sentence and see what's superfluous, what can be altered, revised, expanded, and, especially, cut, is essential. It's satisfying to see that sentence shrink, snap into place, and ultimately emerge in a more polished form: clear, economical, sharp.

Francine Prose

#5. A man is not known by what he wears but only when the society undresses him.

Amit Abraham

#6. Making money isn't something to be ashamed of. There's a feeling now that if you have money you must have got it by some kind of shady dealing or being an MP.

Terry Pratchett

#7. Your fingernails are a joke, you've got no fangs, you can't see at night, your pink hides are ridiculous, your reflexes are nil, and you don't even have tails! Of course people aren't content! ... Now if tigers weren't content, that would be something to wonder about.

Bill Watterson