"I bear to the wisdom of Sir Philip Sidney, who said that next to hunting he liked hawking worst. However, though he may have fallen into as hyperbolical an extreme, yet who can put too great a scorn upon their folly, that, to bring home a rascal deer, or a few rotten conies, submit their lives to the will or passion of such as may take them under a penalty no less slight than there is discretion shown in exposing them."

-- Frances Osborne

#Passion Quotes #Home Quotes #Hunting Quotes

“... my father loved to take photographs of me. When I was nine I made my own costumes for a school play and I experienced becoming different characters. I loved to document myself as different images and I think my work evolved after this favorite activity. The photographs I exhibited in New York juxtaposed reality and fantasy. There was everyday life and fantasy was dismantling that reality.”
“...the wrath of God pales beside that of man.”

Source : Félix J. Palma (2011). “The Map of Time: A Novel”, p.570, Simon and Schuster
“I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.”
“Men should soon make up their minds to be forgotten, and look about them, or within them, for some higher motive in what they do than the approbation of men, which is fame, namely, their duty; that they should be constantly and quietly at work, each in his sphere, regardless of effects, and leaving their fame to take care of itself.”
“It's about the people, who have stopped believing because the cup of evil has run over.”

Source : "Testimony" by Dmitri Shostakovich, translated by Antonina W. Bouis, New York: Limelight, (p. 8), 2004.
“I want someone whose heart is big enough to hold me.”

Source : Rainbow Rowell (2011). “Attachments”, p.206, Hachette UK
“rBGH poses an even greater risk to human health than ever considered. The FDA and Monsanto have a lot to answer for. Given the cancer risks, and other health concerns, why is rBGH milk still on the market?”

Source : Samuel Epstein (2007). “What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking”, p.48, Trafford Publishing
“I cannot deny that I have doubts, reservations and fears. However, I have come to the conclusion that in the present regional and international reality, Israel must act with courage to accept the political plan which I described.”

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