92008 Quotes & Sayings

I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective. — Stephen Hawking

We make a mistake in thinking we own pets - the animals open their lives up and make us a part of them. — Gary Paulsen

I designed a sports car, the Cizeta-Moroder, with Marcello Gandini from Lamborghini; he did the Countach, of course. The Cizeta cost $600,000, but we could bargain - if a Japanese businessman says he wants it for three, fine. — Giorgio Moroder

I wanted to wash away our past misgivings in those tears that would run from our eyes and weave a new start by folding her in my arms.
I wanted to, but I did not! — Faraaz Kazi

Until the 19th century, the term 'to consume' was used mainly in its negative connotations of 'destruction' and 'waste'. Tuberculosis was known as 'consumption', that is, a wasting disease. Then economists came up with a bizarre theory, which has become widely accepted, according to which the basis of a sound economy is a continual increase in the consumption (that is, waste) of goods — Petr Skrabanek

How we use our leisure is equally as important to our joy as our occupational pursuits. Proper use of leisure requires discriminating judgment. Our leisure provides opportunity for renewal of spirit, mind, and body. It is a time for worship, for family, for service, for study, for wholesome recreation. It brings harmony into our life. — J. Richard Clarke

What do women want? To be treated like a queen;
but by a king, not a pawn. — James Robison

Blues became rock, rock became soul, and all of it was colorblind. — Shawn Amos

Ezri, if you need to hit me, then by the gods hit me. If that's what you need, I won't fight you for a second. Not ever. Just ... tell me what you want. — Scott Lynch

What I notice is that everybody's kind of accusing everybody else of actingthese days. Know what I mean? Kind of, uh, not being genuine. Nobody believes the identities we've made for ourselves. I feel like everybody in the world is fake now - as though people had true cores once, but hucked them away and replaced them with something more attractive but also hollow. — Douglas Coupland

Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else. — Swami Vivekananda

Don't invest your love and respect for everyone. These attributes are admired by some. It is unfortunate but it is cold hard truth — Ahmed Akram Mirza

As far as Aricimboldi was concerned, Isou was a 'Romanian fuck-stick. — Roberto Bolano

Being is accessible to you now as your own deepest self, your true nature. But don't seek to grasp it with your mind. Don't try to understand it. You can know it only when the mind is still. When you are present, when your attention is fully and intensely in the Now, Being can be felt, but it can never be understood mentally. — Eckhart Tolle

I have no agenda at all. I just want to do stuff I like. It can cost $200 million or $200 thousand. — Max Minghella