Alosha Quotes & Sayings

A psychiatrist once asked me to draw a picture of my family. This is when I was a member of a family of four. I drew the three other people in the family first, bodies and heads. And then, last, I began to draw myself - but gave up. — Jamaica Kincaid

I created my own party. It's called the Sloth and Indolence Party, and I'm running as an anarchist candidate in the best sense of that word. I've studied the presidency carefully. — Utah Phillips

The public for which masterpieces are intended is not of this earth. — Thornton Wilder

Two lords and an archduke had asked her to marry them, and so, she wrote to me in outrage, had Solya.
Can you imagine? I told him I thought he was a lunatic, and he said he would live in hope. Alosha laughed for ten minutes without stopping except to cough when I told her ... — Naomi Novik

The girls are a complete joy and I love their passion. They argue with me like mad and I love that too. — Bob Geldof

Towards that small and ghostly hour, [Mr. Cruncher] rose up from his chair, took a key out of his pocket, opened a locked cupboard, and brought forth a sack, a crowbar of convenient size, a rope and chain, and other fishing tackle of that nature. — Charles Dickens

I was hoping to get a reception like this, I'd just hoped that it would be on Thursday night instead of Tuesday night. — Howard Dean

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little. — George Carlin

Otter is the most brilliant mix of facts ancient and modern about the otter species and its vulnerability to man's seemingly insatiable need to hunt the poor animal for reasons other than survival. I am sure the book will help to ensure that the hunting of otters will never return to this country-and I hope other lands will follow this example ... A fascinating and illuminating book. — Virginia McKenna

I am grateful for the unending hunger to rest in the mind of Buddha, the heart of Krishna, a domain where all yogis, sages, and saints abide, waiting for those whose real self has emerged from the searing pilgrimage of Spirit's flames. — Rod Stryker

Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth. — Shirley Chisholm

So it is that there is nothing to be taught, but yet there is something to be learned. — Sheldon B. Kopp

When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks. I was president then. I'm not president now. When I said it, this would be a sign of goodwill to begin the talks. — Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

The calendar is a human invention; time does not exist on the spiritual level. — Isabel Allende

I mean if it wasn't for The Beatles, none of this, none of the music we listen to would even exist. They're my favourite band of all time. — Charlie Benante

I find that in life all you can do is try to be honest about who you are and how you're feeling, and trust that it will be received in the correct way. — Amy Adams