I take great solace
I take great solace that Einstein failed math. I failed math. I also failed English and home economics. Einstein was an underachiever. Danny Bonaduce
Solace
The American citizen lives
The American citizen lives in a world where fantasy is more real than reality, where the image has more dignity than its original. We hardly dare face our bewilderment, because our ambiguous experience is so pleasantly irridescent, and the solace of belief in contrived reality is so thoroughly real. We have become eager accessories to … Read more
I just felt that
I just felt that you can’t have a character fall in love so madly as they did in the last movie and not finish it off, understand it, get some closure. That’s why the movie is called ‘Quantum of Solace’ – that’s exactly what he’s looking for. Daniel Craig
Comfort and solace come
Comfort and solace come about differently for different people. D. T. Max
A true opium of
A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death. Czeslaw Milosz
A true opium of
A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death – the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged. Czeslaw Milosz
Religion used to be
Religion used to be the opium of the people. To those suffering humiliation, pain, illness, and serfdom, religion promised the reward of an after life. But now, we are witnessing a transformation, a true opium of the people is the belief in nothingness after death, the huge solace, the huge comfort of thinking that for … Read more
Take what you need,
Take what you need, and find solace where you can. Crispin Sartwell
School did give me
School did give me one of the greatest gifts of my life, though. I learned how to read, and for that I remain thankful. I would have died otherwise. As soon as I was able, I read, alone. Under the covers with a flashlight or in my corner of the attic—I sought solace in books. … Read more
Sooner or later even
Sooner or later even the most ambitious glutton must crawl away and seek the solace of the vomitorium. Clive Barker