1sambayan Quotes & Sayings

We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them. — Jean Toomer

I belong to those for whom the superfluous is necessary. — Theophile Gautier

The issues the underground press raised have not been settled. In colder times they may have frosted over, but as long as individuals and groups seek to take control of their own lives the experiences of those times contain information that can and must be used. — Nigel Fountain

God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded. — Seneca The Younger

Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had. — Vincent D'Onofrio

Vacations are like orgasms. There's no such thing as a bad one. — Al Daltrey

I am thinking it right but beating it wrong. — Eugene Ormandy

The first wave of the Internet was really about data transport. And we didn't worry much about how much power we were consuming, how much cooling requirements were needed in the data centers, how big the data center is in terms of real estate. Those were almost afterthoughts. — Padmasree Warrior

The president stopped and turned. "You are a soldier of fortune."
Gentry pushed him forward. "After expenses, I'm really more like a soldier of the middle class. — Mark Greaney

I resemble the poplar,
that tree which, even when old, still looks young. — Joseph Joubert

The border between the Real and the Unreal is not fixed, but just marks the last place where rival gangs of shamans fought each other to a standstill. — Robert Anton Wilson

There are others who are rich only in wishes; they build beautiful air-castles and conceive that doing so is enough for happiness. — Erasmus

It became apparent to enthusiasts of locomotive travel that there was at least one unscheduled train on the tracks of Palimpsest. It did not stop at any of the stations, for one thing. Astrologers and geologists were consulted; they are much the same folk in this part of the world. The astrologer gazes upward and scries out shapes in the sky, and to do this he builds great towers so as to be closest to the element of his choice. The geologist is an astrologer who once, just once, happened to look down. From such great heights she glimpses the enormous shapes stamped on the earth, the long polygons made by the borders of farms and rivers and mill towns, littoral masses and city walls, a reflection of the celestial mosaic. In these loamy constellations Palimpsest is but a decorative flourish; they are so vast and complex that in her lifetime the geologist may chart but the tiniest part of the conterration which contains her tower. It is a long and lonely life to which few are called. — Catherynne M Valente