#Bangs Quotes #Biographies Quotes #Individual Quotes
“In the battle between the heart and the mind, winners always listen to their hearts”
“It seemed to happen in springs, the revealing of things.”
“A great reformation and revival-it will happen the same way the early Christians conquered Rome. Their program of conquest consisted largely of two elements: gospel preaching and being eaten by lions, a strategy that has not yet captured the imagination of the the contemporary church.”
“I may be smelly and I may be old, Rough in my pebbles, reedy in my pools, But where my fish float by I bless their swimming, And I like the people to bathe in me especially women.”
“I was a big TV kid.When I was a kid, I would go home at 3:00 and watch TV straight through to the end of Letterman at 1:30 in the morning.I was obsessed with comics.And I would watch Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno and study them as if it was Tolstoy.”
“Love is the song of the soul singing to God. It is the balanced rhythmic dance of planets - sun and moon lit”
“I want a different system entirely. One not seen on this earth for thousands of years. If ever. Democratic Womanism. Notice how this word has "man" right in the middle of it? That's one reason I like it. He is right there, front and center. But he is surrounded. I want to vote and work for a way of life that honors the feminine.”
“Young men, of course, don't want to be guided by old back numbers, but at the same time I know that in my own case I gained a lot by studying the characters of the chiefs under whom I served from time to time. Lord Wolseley, for instance, said: "Use your common sense rather than book instructions."”
Ford Madox Ford Novelist
Martin Amis Novelist
Naoki Higashida Author
Susan Abulhawa Writer
Susie Orbach Psychotherapist
Vivian Gornick Critic