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What feeds me destroys me.

What feeds me destroys me.

Quote by Christopher Marlowe about poetry

Meat is an inefficient way to eat. An acre of land can yield 20,000 pounds of potatoes, but that same acre would only graze enough cows to get 165 pounds of meat.

Quote by Alexandra Paul

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about animals, society, nature

The soul never thinks without a picture.

The soul never thinks without a picture.

Quote by Aristotel about philosophy, soul

More of the interesting roles I've had have been villains.

More of the interesting roles I've had have been villains.

Quote by Armand Assante about film, criminals

Your ability as republican volunteers, to rise to this challenge will mean that the two governments and others cannot easily hide from their obligations and their responsibility to resolve these problems.

Quote by Gerry Adams about problems, ability

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Quote by Ava Gardner about truth

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In...

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.

Quote by Paul Gauguin about art, mediocrity

If I like it and there's nice people involved and there's...

If I like it and there's nice people involved and there's not going to be a lot of angst for three months, I'll do it.

Quote by Dennis Farina about nation, people

We waited until we perfected the dog food, and then we worked on the cat food. Even though it's not going through the roof the way the dog food is, I think it will catch on eventually.

Quote by Dick Van Patten about food, trap

Of course when people are as talented as Jim O'Rourke or...

Of course when people are as talented as Jim O'Rourke or Gene Coleman, pretty soon you know that they're going to be part of the bigger scene anyway.

Quote by Evan Parker about talent, people, contentment

The disoriented patient always comes from a Nursing Home...

The disoriented patient always comes from a Nursing Home whose beautiful paperwork has no phone number on it.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, numbers, home

Virginity can be cured.

Virginity can be cured.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love

So as soon as the land was worth something and there was money in the bank, all of a sudden everybody got interested in non-discrimination, in who's really going to administer this stuff.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about bankers, money

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to...

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir about stubbornly, obstacles, impossible, face

Sincere refusal is preferable to the hypocritical approval.

Sincere refusal is preferable to the hypocritical approval.

Quote by Tudor Musatescu about opinion

Nails not Christ crucified him, but love!

Nails not Christ crucified him, but love!

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about love

Life is an epigram whose sting is death.

Life is an epigram whose sting is death.

Quote by Ugo Foscolo about life, epigram, death

That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our...

That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to...

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about love

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the...

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.

Quote by John Allyn Berryman about water, affair, artists

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Quote by John Adams about fear

A heavy frozen roast, stored on a freezer shelf, 5 feet...

A heavy frozen roast, stored on a freezer shelf, 5 feet from the ground, will fall on the most vulnerable toe available.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about fall

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Quote by Sigmund Freud about honesty, sincerity, being, good, good luck

It took us years to find out that he loved us very much, because it was so hard for him to express it. He was a good actor because he could take that repressed emotion onstage or in front of the camera and say how he felt.

Quote by Peter Fonda about emotions, actors, good, good luck

Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition.

Quote by Adam Smith about ambition, real estate, man

The first escalator you find is always going the wrong way.

The first escalator you find is always going the wrong way.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about bad, contentment

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power...

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

Quote by Aristotel about knowledge, teaching, power

The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to...

The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.

Quote by Frank Herbert about danger, things

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not...

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about rightness

You finally save up enough to fix your car and you get...

You finally save up enough to fix your car and you get fired.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars, contentment

You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What...

You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity.

Quote by Patrick Jake O'Rourke about advertising, shame, celebrity, contentment

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one...

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

Quote by Dean Acheson about opinion, future, things, day, time

I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old.

I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire about recollection, old, olderness

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To...

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

Quote by Joseph Addison about joy, friendship, secret, human imperfections, life

A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy...

A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit's aid than he can create a world.

Quote by Charles Haddon Spurgeon about sin, faith, spirit, world

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