Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
Let him who is without guilt cast the first stone. A trap. Because then he will be no longer without guilt.
Quotes to Explore
-
It's healthy to have interests besides books.
-
I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.
-
The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they can run their own inefficient empire.
-
I did a gig at a comedy club in Bournemouth where they served a buffet while the acts were on. There was the clang of people carving turkey during the set. If you put comedy and turkey side by side, turkey always wins.
-
There are many kids in and out of baseball who think that just because they have some natural talent, they have the world by the tail.
-
Love is cheering and sharing and compassion and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy or relief to anyone or anything.
-
Finding my way into a novel is always half the battle.
-
To me, patriotism is about working ethically and wholeheartedly in our chosen field.
-
Manhood is taking care of your family and being able to bless other people. Not yourself - but whether you can bless other people.
-
I love acting, but I want to explore other things.
-
The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think.
-
We were told we should not pay any attention to John Roberts views and religion and now we are told that opinions and religion do matter. I believe there is a degree of sexism here. . .and ivy league prejudice going on here.
-
This is the Law and Order and Terror government. It promised protection - or at least amelioration - against all threats: conventional, radiological, or biological. It has just proved that it cannot save its citizens from a biological weapon called standing water.
-
There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.
-
There is no comfort in change But also no learning in the Steady drone of peace. There will be no greater sorrow Than watching you go - Except for watching you grow old And tired here - Clarity awaits Elsewhere
-
Art is a form of supremely delicate awareness and atonement — meaning atoneness, the state of being at one with the object.
-
Bono is chairman and founding member of Over-Achievers Anonymous. He has an irrepressible drive to be great. He wants to achieve it all, which actually makes him very vulnerable.
-
We forget most of our dreams because we don't have access to those parts of our brain once we are switched to wakefulness. But why we evolved that way is a puzzle to me.
-
We have learned the lines of good taste through history and our sense of guilt, be it post-colonial or post-Holocaust.
-
To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed.
-
It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism.
-
Let him who is without guilt cast the first stone. A trap. Because then he will be no longer without guilt.
