Ashot Manucharyan Quotes & Sayings

The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvellous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all earthly ills, and that on no account can a monied man enter heaven. Ah! how cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition! Finally, — Herman Melville

Is it wrong to trust in a beautiful lie if it helps you get through life? — Miriam Toews

Concentration is sometimes mistaken for grumpiness. — Michael Atherton

I drove an electric car for seven years because of its advanced technology, not because I have any concerns about energy resources. I have none at all. And when environmentalists say that global warming is dangerous, unprecedented and that we'll have a tipping point for atmospheric carbon dioxide, it's just nonsense. — Burt Rutan

Our house has a library - it seemed better use of the space than as a dining room! - and I try to spend as much time in there as possible. There's nothing better while reading or writing than to be surrounded by books. — Adam Christopher

To cease to think creatively is to cease to live — Benjamin Franklin

My father said you can't make a living in birds, my relatives all went into business: bankers, stockbrokers. However, they eventually lost it all and died in wheelchairs. Sometimes you have to be a little aberrant. — Roger Tory Peterson

I feel that Italy's a country that's constantly looking out and constantly following what's happening in other cultural centers. What is being written in America, what is being published in England, what is being published in France. It's a culture that's always wanting to absorb and inform itself of other works, other writers, etc., etc. — Jhumpa Lahiri

Fear and Faith cannot live in the same house. — Merchant

When I was 10, my parents really valued success in the arts, and I thought if I was a famous 'something artistic,' that they would love me more. — Sia Furler