Ascented Quotes & Sayings

A great Tamil poet, given to decadence and debauchery, once said that the story of his life could serve as an example to the youth on how one should
not live. Having lived, or rather, having sleepwalked for ten years through the desolate wastelands of depression, I survived to reach the other side. I believe that this validates my claim to write this book for you. — Indu Muralidharan

To fully relate to another, one must first relate to oneself. If we cannot embrace our own aloneness, we will simply use the other as a shield against isolation. — Irvin D. Yalom

I think my masks reference artists who reference primitivism. They're not directly connected to tribal arts. I think they look more like third-grade art projects. — Mark Grotjahn

Absolutely committed to spending the rest of my life as a spokesman for the rights of European Americans. — David Duke

The cheeky ideal I am calling for is that Muslims should be viewed as equal citizens, nothing more and nothing less. — Maajid Nawaz

My mother, for example, told the German officer not to kill her. She'd make it worth his while. And then, when they were doing it, she pulled a knife out of her belt and sliced open his chest, just like she used to open chicken breasts to stuff with rice for the Sabbath meal. — Etgar Keret

Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent. — Anatoly Karpov

people can feel the math behind things, especially, thankfully, moms. — Christian Rudder

I have a driver in London because I am slightly dyslexic and cannot drive in the U.K.; after all, the traffic runs the opposite way to that in the United States. — Tom Ford

Working hard, working smart — Anonymous

I've already killed you and kissed you more times in my head than you deserve. — Soman Chainani

If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it. — Randy Pausch