Quotes of: C-s-lewis Keyword

When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me that one day I would be a writer. I heard her, but I knew that I had to leave Georgia, and unlike my friend Ray Charles, I did not go around with 'Geo...

John Henrik Clarke

When the 2008 victory of Barack Obama and the defeat of grumpy old John McCain began looking, um, inevitable, I started fielding inquiries about whether 'Nixonland' - the name of the book I published that spring about the origins of the generation of...

Rick Perlstein

The authors of the New Testament and Josephus created what might be called history´s first intelligence test. The consequence for failing it is belief in a false god.

Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

I never lose sight of the whole. An impeccable dress is made to be lived in, to be torn, wet, stained, crumpled.

The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing.

The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

For Lebanon to have any future, gotta adopt a resolute policy v/s terrorism. Whoever plots against the land should bear the consequences.

Ending Syria's Occupation Of Lebanon: The U.S. Role

You will be flogged for being right and flogged for being wrong, and it hurts both ways--but it doesn't hurt as much when you're right.

Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's

[S]ometimes people make a mistake for so long that it starts to feel like it's not a mistake at all. And then one day, you tell yourself it's for the best.

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond

In the Bible, the opposite of Sin, with a capital 'S,' is not virtue - it's faith: faith in a God who draws all to himself in his resurrection.

Between Noon & Three: Romance, Law & the Outrage of Grace

And so the result of several years of Everybody Shareskyism, other than slaughtering people, is for everybody to stand around and stare blankly at each other.

Cat Country : A Satirical Novel of China in the 1930's

Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a more expanded art form. Back then, singer/actors were not the norm. From the 60's to now, it is necessary to do it all...

Betty Buckley

I'm noticing a new approach to art making in recent museum and gallery shows. It flickered into focus at the New Museum's 'Younger Than Jesus' last year and ran through the Whitney Biennial, and I'm seeing it blossom and bear fruit at 'Greater New Yo...

Jerry Saltz

When someone respects you, s/he confronts you in private before taking you in public and/or stabbing in the back and backbiting you...

The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For Continued Success in Leadership

We did not touch each other. We were both leaning over the abyss.

Henry and June: From "A Journal of Love"--The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin

No garment which distorts the shape and motion of the wearer is beautiful, nor s any garment beautiful which emphasizes more than one or at most two of your sexual characteristics.

It's Still Spinach

How can I grieve what is still in motion?" I ask her. "Shoes are still dropping all over the place. I´m not kidding," I say. "It´s Normandy out there.

Split: A Memoir of Divorce

They ought to do away with divorce settlements. Instead, both parties should flip a coin. The winner gets to stay where he or she is and keep everything. The loser goes to Paraguay. That´s it.

Split: A Memoir of Divorce

Sreča pride z dobro presojo, dobra presoja pride z izkušnjami in izkušnje pridejo s slabo presojo.

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny

Nismo li možda tijekom vremena tumačili kršćanstvo suviše isključivo kao religiju osjetljivu za grijeh te u skladu s tim premalo osjetljivu za trpljenje?

Memoria passionis: Ein provozierendes Gedächtnis in pluralistischer Gesellschaft

[S]ince the dawn of civilization, getting in-laws has been one of marriage's most important functions.

Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage