Amurluk Quotes & Sayings

Today's world is too foul a place for fine and noble instincts. — Kazuo Ishiguro

You are not required to perform like them, you are required to perform like you. — Bangambiki Habyarimana

It is the fashion in many parts of the United States to sneer at Chicago. This is notably the case in San Francisco. Most San Franciscans say they dislike Chicago.It is true that there is much that is unlovely there. To the impatient traveler hastening from New York to San Francisco the enforced stop at Chicago is distasteful. For Chicago has contrived things with such skill that it is difficult to cross the continent without stopping within her gates. Everybody must pay toll. The pilgrim must pause, even thought he do not unpack his wallet. He must stop at least for a bath and a bite. You find it difficult to go around Chicago. Chicago will not let you pass her without stopping. — Jerome Hart

At 200 pounds, with a 17-inch neck, a resting pulse of 78, a bench press of 200 pounds, I was very much indeed a normal, All-American male. I carried my sickness within. — Dirk Benedict

There is justice nowhere for a fool. A fool they whip even in the Holy Temple. — Anzia Yezierska

Children are accustomed to a continual stream of criticisms and praise, but adults can go weeks without a compliment while enduring criticism both at work and at home. Adults are starved for a kind word. When you understand the power of honest praise (as opposed to bullshitting, flattery, and sucking up), you realize that withholding it borders on immoral. If you see something that impresses you, a decent respect to humanity insists you voice your praise. "Wow. — Scott Adams

I think I can speak on behalf of women and say that every woman wants a man who just loves them and lusts after them. — Alex Pettyfer

It win be a device that will permit communication without any time interval between two points in space. The device will not transmit messages, of course; simultaneity is identity. But to our perceptions, that simultaneity will function as a transmission, a sending. So we will be able to use it to talk between worlds, without the long waiting for the message to go and the reply to return that electromagnetic impulses require. It is really a very simple matter. Like a kind of telephone. — Ursula K. Le Guin

The idea of recontextualizing images from different eras to express larger ideas about modern times was very exciting to me. That archival aesthetic is the foundation of my filmmaking style. — Elisa Kreisinger

Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul. — Billie Jean King

Good guys don't always finish last they just win a different race. — Cornelia Gibson

France has a very important relationship with Germany. But that does not mean that we agree about everything or that two of our universities or companies are not going to compete. — Jean-Pierre Raffarin