quotes about Conundrums

“It was as if personality itself had a 'face'. This non-physical face of personality seemed to be the real key to personality change. It remained scarred, distorted, 'ugly' or inferior the person himself acted out this role in his behaviour regardless of the changes in physical appearance. If this 'face of personality' could be reconstructed, if old emotional scars could be removed, then the person himself changed, even without facial plastic surgery.”

“[W]ithout humour you cannot run a sweetie-shop, let alone a nation.”

Source : John Buchan (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of John Buchan (Illustrated)”, p.3978, Delphi Classics

“Being in the studio is a really romantic time.”

“Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.”

“I change the world, the world changes me.”

“When you don't know how beautiful you are, you will always be in search of happiness.”

“I was a devil of a scapegrace in my time.... Father racked his head for days together to find a punishment that I should remember; but it was all no good... bread and water was a welcome change to me from the everyday monotony of potatoes and bread-and-butter. After a sound drubbing followed by half a day’s fasting, I felt more like laughing than like crying; and, in half a while, all was forgotten and my wickedness began afresh and worse than ever.”

Source : Stijn Streuvels (2005). “The Path of Life”, p.10, 1st World Publishing

“If you write a movie for Roger Corman, it's going to get made. You saw it almost the next day.”

“Music is what I love, take that away from me and I really got nothing.”

“The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother.”