Sandra Bernhard Quotes

I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.

Sandra Bernhard

• Culture
• Humanity
• Inspire
• Bravery

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• The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • World
  • Control
  • Mistake

• Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.

  

  Ed Markey
  • America
  • Technology
  • Safety

• I don't feel under-taxed in any way at all.

  

  Jack Welch
  • Way
  • Feel
  • Any

• Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.

  

  Ina Garten
  • Guy
  • You
  • Follow

• Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Wisdom
  • Mistake
  • Enemy

• In a way, architecture is about communication. That's an aspect of the discipline that is somewhat lacking, and there's definitely room for more progression into that area. I suppose that gives me a bit of a different edge. I'm also very, very used to doing a lot of exhaustive research and finding interesting information from different sources.

  

  Magnus Larsson
  • Different
  • Interesting
  • Discipline

• If you do an autopsy on an 85-year-old who died of a stroke, you will find five other things that person was about to die from.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • You
  • Die
  • Find

• I want anything I produce to be good for people kind enough to try it, but it's the momentum and process I enjoy most.

  

  Zoe Foster Blake
  • People
  • Good
  • Enjoy

• When I was growing in the Callope project, we had an oval parkway. Pavement ran around this whole thing. We'd skate or ride bicycles. There were benches and trees out there. It was paradise to us. They finished building it the same year I was born.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Growing
  • Same
  • Building

• Among politicians and businessman, Pragmatism is the current term for 'To hell with our children.'

  

  Edward Abbey
  • Children

• Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a kind of list of the pros and cons of an argument, and carefully figure them out, and he might test them in public.

  

  David Herbert Donald
  • Up

• Members of the LGBT community should feel welcome and know their rights are protected regardless of what state they reside in.

  

  Jared Polis
  • Community

• For me, it is important to pick up characters which I can relate to. Or I recall an incident in my life or tap into my innermost emotions and try to bring that reality on to the screen.

  

  Barun Sobti
  • Life
  • Up
  • Important

• As a private person, I am maybe more 'Eurovision' than Kasper Juul.

  

  Pilou Asbaek

• In our heart, in the heart of each of you, let there be always the joyous certainty that the Lord is near, that he does not abandon us, that he is near to us, and that he surrounds us with his love.

  

  Pope Benedict XVI
  • Heart

• He just kind of talks them through, and then I get the fun part cause I get to make up the stories.

  

  Jerry B. Jenkins
  • Up
  • Fun

• Anyone who's been reading my stuff can see that there's a lot of tracks being laid for future stories.

  

  Jason Aaron
  • Future
  • Reading

• It's a difficult journey when you're going through a divorce, is it not, for anyone?

  

  David Cassidy
  • Journey
  • Divorce

• They're naughty, all those writers - they mess around with people. I know James Gandolfini got a bit fed up on 'The Sopranos': if he said anything in front of a writer, told them a story from his life, it could make its way into the script.

  

  Kelly Macdonald
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.

  

  Jonathan Edwards
  • God

• For the anarch, things are not so simple, especially when he has a background in history. If he remains free of being ruled, whether by sovereigns or by society, this does not mean that he refuses to serve in any way. In general, he serves no worse than anyone else, and sometimes even better, if he likes the game. He only holds back from the pledge, the sacrifice, the ultimate devotion. These are issues of metaphysical integrity....

  

  Ernst Junger
  • History
  • Society
  • Integrity

• I'd never had any problem finding inspiration; Ireland was always just there, you know? All this richness of culture was there to tap into.

  

  Brendan Gleeson
  • Culture
  • Inspiration
  • Ireland

• The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries.

  

  Georg Buchner
  • Humanity

• I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.

  

  Sandra Bernhard
  • Culture
  • Humanity
  • Inspire