Akhmatova And Modigliani Quotes & Sayings

When, at the end of their lives, most men look back they will find that they have lived throughout ad interim. They will be surprised to see that the very thing they allowed to slip by unappreciated and unenjoyed was just their life. And so a man, having been duped by hope, dances into the arms of death. — Irvin D. Yalom

Nothing is as hard as it looks; everything is more rewarding than you expect; and if anything can go right it will and at the best possible moment. — John C. Maxwell

One thing that never changed among humans: there were always those who wanted to get something for nothing. It was what kept hell in business. — Richelle Mead

Doubt is the necessary tool of knowledge. — Paul Tillich

It took two years to make,' retorted the Time Traveller — H.G.Wells

Writing fiction means putting a lot of what you believe about the world at risk, because you have to follow your characters. — Phil Klay

I learned to fire guns at the age of nine or so, but luckily was not out killing people. We zigzagged the streets to escape those trying to kill us. I guess it would have been a matter of time till I turned around with a gun myself, to go after those coming for us. But I was fortunate. The grenade incident was about an explosion which destroyed a section of my school, from a grenade that me and my cousin detonated by accident. We both lived to tell about it. — K'naan

I know I'm not your first anything, but I hope that I'll be your last everything. — J.A. Redmerski

I want another person to notice me, to say that I matter, to say that they care about me. — Sarah Tregay

There is a small window of opportunity for freckled girls to tan. — Jeffrey Eugenides

There are relatively few atheists among neurologists and brain surgeons and astrophysicists, but many among psychologists, sociologists, and historians. The reason seems obvious: the first study divine design, the second study human undesign. — Peter Kreeft

A real friend is someone who does n0t give you expectation about delivering on some kind of peer group pressure. — Tony Orlando

An abundance of some good things is perfectly compatible with the scarcity of others; that life is everywhere precarious, man everywhere small. — Joseph Wood Krutch

I always say we got 700 pounds of pork up front. They're going to hold guys down and allow us linebackers to make a lot of plays. Even in practice. I'm loving it, man. — Takeo Spikes