6by5 Quotes & Sayings

Dr. S. talked to me about magical thinking. She was right. Much depends on chance, on what we can't control, on others. She did not say that writing to Boris was a bad idea, but then she never judged anything. That was her magic. [p. 85] — Siri Hustvedt

Well, we certainly weren't making a cartoon show for kids. It was a completely different kind of idea. — Dave Rowntree

Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing. — Dick Brandon

Red has been praised for its nobility of the color of life. But the true color of life is not red. Red is the color of violence, or of life broken open, edited, and published. Or if red is indeed the color of life, it is so only on condition that it is not seen. Once fully visible, red is the color of life violated, and in the act of betrayal and of waste. — Alice Meynell

I think the people that are best at something, they don't think about it much. That's the whole key to being good at anything. — Andy Richter

He wants what he cannot have, and does not want what he can't refuse - and isn't aware of it. He doesn't know the difference between his own possessions and others'. Because, if he did, he would never be thwarted of disappointed.
Or nervous. — Epictetus

All paths lead to truth. All roads lead to God — Heidi Telpner

People break down into two groups when the experience something lucky. Group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance. — M. Night Shyamalan

Cachet - isn't that like panache, but sitting down? — Warren Zevon

The best musicians know this music isn't about "schools" at all. Like my father says, "There's only one school, the school of 'Can you play? — Wynton Marsalis

There's only one way for a professional soldier to die. That's from the last bullet of the last battle of the last war. — George S. Patton

You must make bold experiments in life! — Meher Baba

Months ago, you made me ask you if you would marry me. This time, I'm not asking. I'm telling you to say yes, so say it, and be mine for eternity. — Jeaniene Frost

First, you wounded a lion, and then you invite him to feast. — Waheed Ibne Musa