"We cannot take a step toward the heavens. God crosses the universe and comes to us."

-- Simone Weil

#Heaven Quotes #Steps Quotes #Crosses Quotes

“I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me, you know.”

Source : Interview with Barbara Walters, abcnews.go.com. August 1, 2008.
“Asquith, when drunk, can make a better speech than any of us when sober.”
“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. From a biological point of view it is inconceivable that any culture will forget that it needs to reproduce itself. But it is quite possible for a culture to exist without a social idea of children. Unlike infancy, childhood is a social artifact, not a biological category.”

Source : Neil Postman (2011). “The Disappearance of Childhood”, p.10, Vintage
“Baseball is beautiful....the supreme performing art. It combines in perfect harmony the magnificent features of ballet, drama, art, and ingenuity.”
“My son is so fortunate, you know. He's always going to have food. Yes, my children are going to be privileged, but that's why it's so important for them to see different realities and to travel, and they do already.”
“Back off, asshole. I haven't had a woman today, so I'm in no mood for this kind of bullshit.”
“Obscurity in writing is commonly an argument of darkness in the mind. The greatest learning is to be seen in the greatest plainness.”
“God judges what we tolerate as well as what we practice. Too often we put up with things we ought to put out.”

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