Walker Percy Quotes
In a word, the consumer of mass culture is lonely, not only lonely, but spiritually impoverished.Walker Percy
Quotes to Explore
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My look is either very baroque or very Zen - everything in between makes me itch.
Iris Apfel -
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
Saint Augustine -
We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.
Hans Urs von Balthasar -
Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
Garry Moore -
I feel nowadays a lot of bands can be too overly produced. There's something about the leather pants and bare bodies and Axl Rose running back and forth on a stage and going crazy. I love all that.
Malin Akerman -
I don't believe that anybody has come to a conclusion on why something is funny. It's funny because it's ridiculous and it's ridiculous for different reasons at different times.
Jackie Mason
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
Jackson Pollock -
I moved to New York when I was 21 and worked between 40 and 70 hours a week. Then I invested it all. It was really just a hustle. But I was kind of raised to work like that, so to me, it seemed very normal and natural.
Verite -
Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
Sam Ewing -
Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
Igor Stravinsky -
If you're lucky, I think you know what you want to do with your life. I think that's a greater gift that any of the gifts you might have when you do know, if you know what I mean. It must be awful to not know what to do.
Maggie Smith -
You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
L'Wren Scott
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Everyone asks me if I'm the princess or if my brothers beat me up. The younger ones I can deck pretty easily. With the older ones, it's harder.
Odeya Rush -
When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
Randy Bachman The Guess Who -
There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.
Wayne Dyer -
I like to hike with my dog, Webster. It helps clear my mind.
Calista Flockhart -
Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I try to work on my defense every game, every practice.
Oscar Taveras
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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
Ramakrishna -
Religion is no more the parent of morality than an incubator is the mother of a chicken.
Lemuel K. Washburn -
The group is enthusiastic about making art, but it's also a good excuse to get together with friends and to enjoy each other's company and to catch up on what's going on with us. Our attitude to making music is carefree and we don't stress about it at all. If music or a particular feeling doesn't come out willingly, we'll force it out.
Jussi Lehtisalo Circle -
We have the tendency of over-legislation regarding women.
Asma Jahangir -
In a word, the consumer of mass culture is lonely, not only lonely, but spiritually impoverished.
Walker Percy