Arrate Basque Quotes & Sayings

For anyone who wants to understand the art of storytelling, this film [The Hunt for Red October] should suffice; one wonders why universities persist in teaching narrative principles on the basis of Propp, Greimas or other such punishing curricula, instead of investing in a projection room. Premise, plot, protagonists, adventures, quest, heroes and other stimulants: all you need is Sean Connery in the uniform of a Russian submarine officer and a few well-placed aircraft carriers. — Muriel Barbery

Soft words, with nothing in them, make a song. — Edmund Waller

My mom really instilled in me that I'm beautiful and I can do anything, and I echo that now with my own girls. — Jennie Garth

That year the Ribeiro's daffodils seeded early and they seeded cockroaches. Now, ecologically speaking, even a cockroach has its place
but these suckers bit. That didn't sound Earth-authentic to me. Not that I care, mind you, all I ask is useful. I wasn't betting on that either. — Janet Kagan

Creativity is the crucial variable in the process of turning knowledge into value — John Kao

I think that kids aren't even exploring the option of sports anymore, and they don't even know what they could do. — Allyson Felix

women of exotic appearance. — Michael Moorcock

The days aren't discarded or collected, they are bees
that burned with sweetness or maddened
the sting: the struggle continues,
the journeys go and come between honey and pain.
No, the net of years doesn't unweave: there is no net.
They don't fall drop by drop from a river: there is no river.
Sleep doesn't divide life into halves,
or action, or silence, or honor:
life is like a stone, a single motion,
a lonesome bonfire reflected on the leaves,
an arrow, only one, slow or swift, a metal
that climbs or descends burning in your bones. — Pablo Neruda

To make a current example, the world can find human interest in the death and the love affairs and the pallid addiction to cocaine of Mr. Sherlock Holmes. — John Albert Macy

A good reputation may be worth millions,
but a good character is worth all the riches of the world. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Most people have no concept of how an automatic transmission works, yet they know how to drive a car. You don't have to study physics to understand the laws of motion to drive a car. You don't have to understand any of this stuff to use Macintosh. — Steve Jobs

The temptation to be popular may prioritize public opinion above the word of God. Political campaigns and marketing strategies widely employ public opinion polls to shape their plans. Results of those polls are informative. But they could hardly be used as grounds to justify disobedience to God's commandments! — Russell M. Nelson

I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while. — Vikas Swarup

Behind every good man, there's a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn't have nothing. — Coretta Scott King

But I always felt that I'd rather be provincial hot-tamale than soup without seasoning. — F Scott Fitzgerald