43734 Quotes & Sayings

But men in their role of taxpayers will be subsidizing themselves in their role of consumers. It becomes a little difficult to trace in this maze precisely who is subsidizing whom. What is forgotten is that subsidies are paid for by someone, and that no method has been discovered by which the community gets something for nothing. — Henry Hazlitt

There are very few great poets in the world. — Tahar Ben Jelloun

It got so ridiculous that I was like, there's no way this is going to last. — Philip J. Kaplan

I think if you would like to describe composing as an act with one word, "slow" would be the word. — Esa-Pekka Salonen

Puke and starve and cut and drink because you don't want to feel any of this. Puke and starve and cut and drink because you need an anesthetic and it works. For awhile. But then the anesthetic turns into poison and by then it's to late because you are maintaining it now,straight into your soul. It is rotting you and you can't stop. — Laurie Halse Anderson

If you work on your talent, the plans will fall in automatically. — Mary Lou Williams

What is happiness? Happiness is freedom. What is freedom? Freedom is the ability to live without fear of public perception; to be who you are no matter where you are. — Kaiylah Muhammad

When your actions are motivated by love, you expend least effort and your energy multiplies, allowing you to create anything you want, with a spirit of play and joy. When you seek power and control over others, you waste energy chasing the illusion of happiness. — Deepak Chopra

In the last pocket of darkness before the glare of Beachfront Drive, they came to a pause, a timeless pedestrian gesture in these parts that usually announced a kiss or at least a grabbed ass. — Thomas Pynchon

To want is to have a weakness. It's this weakness, whatever it is, that entices me. It's like a small crack in a wall, before now impenetrable. — Margaret Atwood

Don't worry about meaning. If a story's any good, it can't help but have meaning. Let the PhDs tell you what your story means. — William Kittredge

Don't ask for life to be easy. Ask for it to be worth it. — Jim Rohn

Sometimes people say, 'You're the best at digressions.' And that's actually a real compliment to me. — Mike Birbiglia

What my parents believed was that, you know, the best wealth they could give to us children was to educate us and, you know - give us that foundation. — Chanda Kochhar

I'm perfectly happy to know the world at secondhand. It's a lot safer. — Cornelia Funke