Alvy Ray Smith Quotes & Sayings

Socrates is flying. No, he is soaring. The wings behind him beat in a calming rhythm while the cool air rushes past. His wings are all that matter, snapping at the rushing wind like the sails of some great sea vessel, the feathery appendages all he is and all he will ever want to be.
His back muscles flex with the effort that takes him high above the ground. He feels the effort, of course, but sweeping into the sky does not require much of one. The sensation is pleasurable, even exhilarating. With flight there is freedom beyond description, an ecstasy bordering on sexual.
He has only one destination, and that is to soar higher, to no longer be a prisoner of the earth. Here destinations seem irrelevant, the world below small. Flying exceeds every pleasure he knows. In the immense forever of blue sky, all that matters is flight and his ability to climb higher.
Up and up and up... — Kenneth C. Goldman

Habits form and habits grow,
Then some time later, habits go. — Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay

I don't try to be anything. I just want to play my game. — Jaromir Jagr

I was glad to be made aware
that "Veimke" (jeune fille au pair),
is subject to natural law,
and can be made fat,
by such things as poor diet,
and alcohol. — Roman Payne

The deeper and subtler effects of the economic dimension of globalization intensify the politics of insecurity. — Andrew Rojecki

In giving respect we can be very happy, because we can do it in all situations. When we expect respect we are miserable, because it is not that everyone in every situation will respect us. — Radhanath Swami

RIBALDRY, n. Censorious language by another concerning oneself. — Ambrose Bierce

I know men are delicate origami creatures who need women to unfold them, hold them when they cry. But I am tired of being your savior and I am tired of telling you why. — Ani DiFranco

Like all other lonely or hungry things, ego loves the light. It sees light, and the possibility of being close to the soul, and it creeps up to it and steals one of its essential camouflages. In a hunger for soul, our own ego-self steals the pelt — Clarissa Pinkola Estes

How many airports are there in the world? — Jimmy Carr

Play because it's fun, and not to become a pro. If your goal is to become pro, the best way to realize that is by loving what you do. — Steve Nash

Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day. — Laozi

Literature in its most comprehensive sense is the autobiography of humanity. — Bernard Berenson