Alden Pyle The Quiet American Quotes & Sayings

Fortune sides with he who dares — Virgil

Death is certain. Life is always changing, like a puff of wind in the air, or a wave in the sea, or even a thought in the mind. — Ruth Ozeki

You have a memory chip that small implanted in you, he verified.
I nodded, guessing this was somewhat worse than having cooties. — James Patterson

You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances — Bobby Fischer

With the exception of autotrophic bacteria, the green, or chlorophyll-bearing, plants are the only living forms on this planet capable of synthesizing organic matter out of inorganic elements and simple compounds. — Selman Waksman

Thirst is a language even the grass understands. — Marty Rubin

Many persons sigh for death when it seems far off, but the inclination vanishes when the boat upsets, or the locomotive runs off the track, or the measles set it. — Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Though major depression is often associated with lethargy to the point of being frozen, many people with chronic depression not only work well but devote more energy to their vocation than to any other endeavor. — Joshua Wolf Shenk

I was exhausted and emotionally drained. That little episode was a summary of what my life had become - a nightmare that never let up. — Manel Loureiro

I feel tremendously lucky that I am offered incredible jobs all the time to direct, but the problem that I have just personally is that there are only so many years in my life to dedicate to certain projects. — Lake Bell

When you're writing it's a very solitary job. It's you and your word processor and a cup of tea. It's nice- that again, is another nice thing about being able to do commercials is, you can get out of the house and chase high speed cars around for a few days and then by the time you go back, you're kind of re-infused to write. — Paul W. S. Anderson

A snob is that man or woman who is always pretending to be something better
especially richer or more fashionable
than he is. — William Makepeace Thackeray

And I never wanted Tegan to not get what I was gonna get. It's something that goes very, very much back to a very deep childhood place. She was the most important person to me, and probably at some point developmentally, I couldn't even detach she was something separate from me. — Sara Quin

I eat ice cream all the time. — Bryce Harper