Alfil Uma Quotes & Sayings

One must avoid snobbery and misanthropy. But one must also be unafraid to criticise those who reach for the lowest common denominator, and who sometimes succeed in finding it. This criticism would be effortless if there were no "people" waiting for just such an appeal. Any fool can lampoon a king or a bishop or a billionaire. A trifle more grit is required to face down a mob, or even a studio audience that has decided it knows what it wants and is entitled to get it. And the fact that kings and bishops and billionaires often have more say than most in forming appetites and emotions of the crowd is not irrelevant, either. — Christopher Hitchens

Here's something for you to remember; you might have been born into money, but you came out of a vagina the same as everyone else. Popping out of one that's rich doesn't make you anything but lucky, or susceptible to being stuck your own arse. Whichever. — Suzanne Wright

Everything tires with time, and starts to seek some opposition, to save it from itself. So August gave way to September and there were few complaints. — Clive Barker

nightmares of earthquakes, and — Jean M. Auel

In times of unrest and in an unstable economy, it is very easy to let your attitude slip and begin feeling sorry for yourself. This is precisely when you want to practice healthy attitudinal rules to stay alert, alive and enthusiastic. Don't ever lose the zest for life and life won't lose its zest for you. Say something positive to every person you meet today. — Bob Proctor

I'm not interested in making what's easy. I'm interested in making what's beautiful. — Stephanie Perkins

Twitter represents a collective collaboration that manifests our ability to unconsciously connect kindred voices through the experiences that move us. As such, Twitter is a human seismograph. — Brian Solis

So many people among non-scientists see science as an unassailable monolith of truth, and it's not. It's an ongoing self-correcting process. — Kitty Ferguson

I putter. I nurse old grudges. I fold origami while nursing old grudges. I think about the past. I wonder if there's any grudges I should start. — Roz Chast

Buggy eyes supported her theory that there might be something off about her — S.M. Reine