246 247 Quotes & Sayings

He said that for those who hadn't been to California, what it was most like was an enchanted island. The spitting image. Just like in the movies, but better. People live in houses, not apartment buildings, he said, and then he embarked on a comparison of houses (one-story, at most two-story), and four- or five-story buildings where the elevator is broken one day and out of order the next. The only way buildings compared favorably to houses was in terms of proximity. A neighborhood of buildings makes distances shorter, he said. Everything is closer. You can go walking to buy groceries or you can walk to your local tavern (here he winked at Reverend Foster), or the local church you belong to, or a museum. In other words, you don't need to drive. You don't even need a car. And here he recited a list of statistics on fatal car accidents in a county of Detroit and a county of Los Angeles. And that's even considering that cars are made in Detroit, he said, not Los Angeles. — Roberto Bolano

I got a cold feeling toward religion in general. I don't think God would want to separate families. — Ja Rule

God didn't create universe in six days of human measure.
God's still working, then hasn't yet reached the seventh day. — Toba Beta

There are people who can sit down and write a song about any given subject, and they can do it really, really well. — Glen Hansard

I had rather be guillotined than a guillotiner. — Georges Danton

In America, when you bring an idea to market, you usually have several months before competition pops up, allowing you to capture significant market share. In China, you can have hundreds of competitors within the first hours of going live. Ideas are not important in China - execution is. — Ma Huateng

Because you think your language is the best language? That because you were born and your parents babbled to you in this tongue, that it is the best language to speak? How small is your mind. — Jeff Wheeler

If you believe in nothing else, believe in your freedom. — Marty Rubin

Am Anfang war Gott? It may have been true, but it was not germane. — Stephen Craig

Worse than getting kicked out of your slot to go on to a winning season is to lead during a losing one. Nobody wants to be king of the losers. — A.D. Aliwat

They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck. — Erica Jong