Akarsu Debisi Quotes & Sayings

Politicians often reveal most about themselves in unguarded moments. — Douglas Alexander

Literature duplicates the experience of living in a way that nothing else can, drawing you so fully into another life that you temporarily forget you have one of your own. That is why you read it, and might even sit up in bed till early dawn, trowing your whole tomorrow out of whack, simply to find out what happens to some people who, you know perfectly well, are made up. — Barbara Kingsolve

Optimism is a deadly vice of gigantic proportions lodged into the human psyche by Satan. It is the enemy of reality. We see a bad situation and optimism prevents us from extrapolating that. Instead we think, "Oh, it's bound to get better." So we plunge into the thicket, sure that it will thin, denied the aerial view that would show us the true, unacceptable horror of our lot. Perhaps optimism is good for prison escapees, who have no choice but to plod on. The rest of us are not well served. It poisons our judgment. — Tom Levine

Our unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human. — Edward Bond

I don't quite operate within the realist mode. I kind of push the stories out towards the cusp of believability - that's the area of interest for me. — Kevin Barry

A deep and powerful love is never quiet, never dormant but loud and fierce. ~ J.M. Walker — J.M. Walker

We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and Grief rather than commit the least Sin. — Mary Astell

The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are. — Reggie Jackson