-
“The king governs without decapitation or (other) corporal punishments. Criminals are simply fined, lightly or heavily, according to the circumstances (of each case). Even in cases of repeated attempts at wicked rebellion, they only have their right hands cut off.”
Source : "A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms".
-
“Unlike some people who have experienced the loss of an animal, I did not believe, even for a moment, that I would never get another. I did know full well that there were just too many animals out there in need of homes for me to take what I have always regarded as the self-indulgent road of saying the heartbreak of the loss of an animal was too much ever to want to go through with it again. To me, such an admission brought up the far more powerful admission that all the wonderful times you had with your animal were not worth the unhappiness at the end.”
-
“It was one of the late Conservative Government's gestures towards agriculture -- graceful as a kiss, and of about as much use.”
-
“My best move is probably my pull up jump shot.”
-
“[Harvey] Weinstein appointed himself as the arbiter of your family safety. When was the last time his life was in danger, probably choking on a veal chop. He doesn't need a gun because he has security. He travels in rarified air. His feet never touch the street - feet, mind you, that he can't see because he's a corpulent cretin.”
Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
-
“I ... [rely] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.”
-
“What is the main thing in love? to know and to hide. To know about the one you love and to hide that you love. At times the hiding (shame) overpowers the knowing (passion). The passion for the hidden - the passion for the revealed.”
Source : "The House at Old Pimen". Essay by Marina Tsvetaeva, ch. 2, 1934.
-
“Go into seclusion and rest your mind on the silence.”
-
“Liberals are sometimes defined as people who can't take their own side in an argument.”
-
“I went to parochial grammar school, and I give thanks to the Catholic training because of course, they brought me to the heart of Jesus.”
Source : "Tony Orlando's Brush With Death". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com. October 16, 2013. 
