Afloren Quotes & Sayings

At their time of life they should be wearing trouser suits and baking cakes, maybe spending their days penning hand-written letters of complaint to newspapers. Not drinking alcopops with crude straws in them. — Matthew Crow

They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive. — Swami Vivekananda

For unto you is given this day a boot to the head. — Adam Sternbergh

I once left Istanbul in the purse of a preacher from Edirne who was going to Manisa. On the way, we happened to be attacked by thieves. One of them shouted, "Your money or your life!" Panicking, the miserable preacher hid us in his asshole. This spot, which he assumed was the safest, smelled worse than the mouth of the garlic lover and was much less comfortable. But the situation quickly grew worse when instead of "Your money or your life!" the thieves began to shout "Your honor or your life!" Lining up, they took him by turns. I don't dare describe the agony we suffered in that cramped hole. It's for this reason that I dislike leaving Istanbul.

(~I am a gold coin) — Orhan Pamuk

The eternal sea of politics is best left to politicians. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

Boys are easy. I mean, there are just a lot of bruises when they're young. With boys, you get a lot of accidental jabs in the eye and stepping on your feet, and those tantrums they cause when they don't want to leave the toy store. — Jodie Foster

Our salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work. — Maxim Gorky

There are two fatal errors that keep great projects from coming to life: 1. Not finishing 2. Not starting. — Gautama Buddha

It is helpful to think of people as having two fundamental motivations: the desire to see ourselves as honest, good people, and the desire to gain the benefits that come from cheating - on our taxes or on the football field. — Dan Ariely

When life gives you dirt, grow flowers. — Unknown

Why are you doing this to yourself? When something bad happens, why do you have to pick at it until it bleeds all over again? — Jodi Picoult