“I don't know why people think I'm polished - I often leave the house with buttons missing and ladders in my tights.” Quote by Sophie Ellis Bextor
“I think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it.” IfsThinkingWantMindCowardice Author:Sophie Ellis Bextor
“I'm someone who has always been quite clear about what I like. In the studio, I'm not a control freak but I know what I want.” KnowsWantClearStudiosFreakControl Freak Author:Sophie Ellis Bextor
“I'm a sucker for good black skirts and pretty little shirts and kooky tops. I have to admit that shopping satisfies my craving for immediate gratification.” LittlesBlackShirtsShoppingCravingGratificationSkirtsSuckerImmediate Gratification Author:Sophie Ellis Bextor
“Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough” PeopleThinkingMenWellsEnoughPositionSexyGet AwayCows Author:Sophie Ellis Bextor
“Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady.” BeautifulMannersGood ManSincerityGood Manners Author:Sri Yukteswar Giri
“In shallow men the fish of little thoughts cause much commotion. In oceanic minds the whales of inspiration make hardly a ruffle.” MenMindLittlesInspirationCausesFishesShallowWhalesRuffles Author:Sri Yukteswar Giri
“Tender inner weaknesses, revolting at mild touches of censure, are like diseased parts of the body, recoiling before even delicate handling.” BodyWeaknessDelicateCensureDiseasedParts Of The Body Author:Sri Yukteswar Giri
“Remember that finding God will mean the funeral of all sorrows.” MeanRememberSorrowFindingsGods WillFuneralFinding God Author:Sri Yukteswar Giri
“Keen intelligence is two-edged, It may be used constructively or destructively like a knife, either to cut the boil of ignorance, or to decapitate one's self. Intelligence is rightly guided only after the mind has acknowledged the inescapability of spiritual law.” MindMayTwoSelfSpiritualLawUsedCuttingIgnoranceKnives Author:Sri Yukteswar Giri
“Do not confuse understanding with a larger vocabulary, sacred writings are beneficial in stimulating desire for inward realization, if one stanza at a time is slowly assimilated. Continual intellectual study results in vanity and the false satisfaction of an undigested knowledge.” IfsWritingDesireUnderstandingResultsStudyIntellectualSacredSatisfactionRealizationVanityInwardVocabularyBeneficial Author:Sri Yukteswar Giri