"The idea of beauty which man creates for himself imprints itself on his whole attire, crumples or stiffens his dress, rounds off or squares his gesture, and in the long run even ends by subtly penetrating the very features of his face. Man ends by looking like his ideal self. These engravings can be translated either into beauty or ugliness; in one direction, they become caricatures, in the other, antique statues."

-- Charles Baudelaire

#Running Quotes #Men Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Sadly, I hate foreigners. And Americans. And animals. And flora, and some fauna. Also the magma that is the very core of this our mother earth. I'm full o' hate!”
“Regime change has been an American policy under the Clinton administration, and it is the current policy. I support the policy. But regime change in and of itself is not sufficient justification for going to war--particularly unilaterally--unless regime change is the only way to disarm Iraq of the weapons of mass destruction pursuant to the United Nations resolution.”
“God would never have let us long for our friends with such a strong and holy love, if they were not waiting for us.”

Source : William Mountford (1858). “Euthanasy, Or Happy Talk Towards the End of Life”, p.507
“As a general thing, I've always been drawn to characters who appear to be one thing on the surface, but are actually something else underneath.”

Source : Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. June 8, 2011.
“Ninety percent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business.”
“To change the world, we must begin with ourselves.”
“I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.”
“AS for all those mistakes I make - they are on purpose - to teach you how to deal with them”

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