"I have been young, but now am old. I have spent a whole life-time in battling against infidelity with the weapons of apologetic science; but I have become ever more and more convinced that the way to the heart does not lie through the head; and that the only way to the conversion of the head lies through a converted heart which already tastes the living fruits of the gospel."

--

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 137, 1895.

August Tholuck

#Lying Quotes #Heart Quotes #Infidelity Quotes

“A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.”
“Rich people don't pay taxes? Of course they pay taxes - they pay tons in taxes. They pay for everyone else who doesn't pay taxes.”
“Our hospital was famous and housed many great poets and singers. Did the hospital specialize in poets and singers or was it that poets and singers specialized in madness?”

Source : Susanna Kaysen (2013). “Girl, Interrupted”, p.48, Vintage
“The weird thing is, I used to skate in front of, like, 5,000 people and I was never nervous, but the first time I got on stage, there were four people there and I vomited.”

Source : "Like father, like son". Interview with Alexis Petridis, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2005.
“We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.”
“He's a mean, mean man, but I love him all I can.”

Source : Song: Mean Mean Man, 2008
“Political reporters no longer get to decide what's news. The days when a minister gave briefings to a dozen lobby correspondents, and thereby dictated the next day's headlines, are over. Now, a thousand bloggers decide for themselves what is interesting. If enough of them are tickled then, bingo, you're news.”

Source : "A dull display of viral virility" by Michael White, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2009.
“Clothing is viral, impermanent in a way that public art cannot be. So I like thinking of how corporate-created clothing can be seen as a form of public art.”

Source : "Jim Drain Wants to Make The Gap of Art". Interview with Ken Miller, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 15, 2010.

You may also like: