I have tried to be a man of letters in love with ideas in order to be a wiser and more loving person, hoping to leave the world just a little better than I found it.


Cornel West

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Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.
REBECCA WEST
People call me feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a pros...
REBECCA WEST
It's important to us. Wetumpka isn't considered a great golf school, but this would be a great way t...
ADAM WEST
I don't have the exact number, but we didn't lose much in regular competition. The conference, I'm a...
ADAM WEST
We have been playing pretty good. I think my driving is better. Last year, I was wayward off the tee...
ADAM WEST
I am looking forward to watching the United States compete in the curling and ice hockey events. Cur...
ADAM WEST
I want to see more grass and less pavement or sidewalks.
ADAM WEST
This is one of the best mission trips I have ever been on. I was humbled before the Lord, and I was ...
ADAM WEST
He beat a two-time Class AA state qualifier in Jim Hooker (of Evergreen Park), who was seeded first.
ADAM WEST
Wisdom,
ADAM WEST
Of course, I don't like make-up. I'm too pretty!
ADAM WEST
It was inescapable. I'd just about land something substantial, something I like or a good career mov...
ADAM WEST
Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.
MAE WEST
Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.
REBECCA WEST
I've always said that you can't be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc's voice.
BILLY WEST
Journalism - an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.
REBECCA WEST
Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.
REBECCA WEST
There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are interesting monologues, that is...
REBECCA WEST
... sexual abuse by the mother is considered to he one of the most traumatic forms of abuse. In some...
CAMERON WEST
I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
MAE WEST
Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
MAE WEST
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
JESSAMYN WEST
He who hesitates is last.
MAE WEST
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
MAE WEST
Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
MAE WEST
Sex is an emotion in motion.
MAE WEST
Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.
MAE WEST
His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.
MAE WEST
I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.
MAE WEST
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
MAE WEST
Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
MAE WEST
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call m...
REBECCA WEST
I'm single because I was born that way.
MAE WEST