Achmat Fish Quotes & Sayings

The rolls of music that she herself had thrown into the trash with the pretext that they had rotted from dampness kept spinning and playing in her memory. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

jokes are used to hide the truth! — Eric Jerome Dickey

Rarely did events play out as imagined, in any case. The order of future events was transient. In the same way that the past was reconfigured by selective memory, future events, too, were moving targets. One could only act on instinct, grab hold of an intuited perfect moment, and spring into action. — James Luceno

When people cease to complain, they cease to think. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Slavery as an institution that degraded man to a thing has never died out. In some periods of history it has flourished: many civilizations have climbed to power and glory on the backs of slaves. In other times slaves have dwindled in number and economic importance. But never has slavery disappeared. — Milton Meltzer

What does repentance mean? It means to change - to change your mind, change the way that you're living - and to determine that with God's help you will live for Christ. — Billy Graham

Las Vegas was and is a hard town that will make you pay for your inability to restrain your desires ... If you have a weakness, Las Vegas will punish you. — Hal Rothman

It's ludicrous to think people work for you: 'a film by ... ' doesn't exist. Directed by, maybe, but it's a film from a collective, a group of people whom you consult and seek your counsel and advice and vice versa, too. — Xavier Dolan