"I have lived as a philosopher and die as a Christian."

-- Giacomo Casanova

#Christian Quotes #War Quotes #Philosopher Quotes

“I am in a fabulously lucky position in that I get to wear beautiful, beautiful gowns for functions, which I can then give back. That way, they're not sitting in my wardrobe with me looking at them and feeling guilty. I love that, and I think when people have a fabulous function to go to, I'd recommend renting.”
“Out in the west Texas town of El Paso, I fell in love with a Mexican girl...”

Source : Song: El Paso
“It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.”
“One of my pet theories is that readers have built-in BS detectors that enable them to recognize insincerity in writers. David [Halberstam] was sincerity to the core. He believed in what he wrote, and that conviction conveyed itself to readers.”

Source : "David Halberstam". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. April 24, 2007.
“Obviously, there has to be a profound change in direction. Otherwise, interest on the national debt will start eating up virtually every penny that we have.”
“Enough, I shall be understood in ten years by people who will be doing what you do today. Then my geysers will be known, my ice floes will be seen, the secret of adulterating my poisons will have been learned, the games of my soul will be revealed.”
“I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.”
“I have learned that peace is not the absence of trial, trouble, or torment but the presence of calm in the midst of them”

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