Athaiyai Quotes & Sayings

Surrendering to jargon is a sign of journalism's dismal lack of self-confidence in the optimized age of content-management systems. — George Packer

Absences can also make one forget. Absence dulls the memory and banishes those who are precious from the mind. — F. Sionil Jose

You don't have to wear fur. They make such great fakes. There's no reason to kill an animal. — Grace Slick

In the West, they will either accept or reject. In the East, they will always accept also provide guidance and patience. — Santosh Kalwar

And the best way to quit being concerned with yourself is to be concerned about others. — Florinda Donner

I feel less adrenaline in my body now, but more in my head. I tried to be at my best, and I succeeded. — Andriy Shevchenko

Castiza: "False! I defy you both!
I have endured you with an ear of fire;
Your tongues have struck hot irons on my face!
Mother, come from that poisonous woman there."
Gratiana: "Where?"
Castiza: "Do you not see her? She's too inward then. — Thomas Middleton

When nobody speaks your name, or even knows it, you, knowing it, must be the first to speak it. — Marlon Riggs

Evil is by nature fearful and superstitious; therefore it boasts. And thus boasting it succumbs, not to the power of good, but to its own inherent weakness. The premise of evil is a lie that must be compounded to be maintained, until it collapses of its own weight. Hence its downfall, though not immediate, is inevitable. This then is the true power of good: that good need exert so little to flourish, while evil must give all, and still fail. — James Hold

I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's very difficult to write with the telephone and the doorbell ringing and conversation going on; I'm not that good a writer to write through all that! — Ray Charles

Being sick is like walking around with a microscope strapped to your face at all times with your own body squished beneath the slide. You don't look away, at first because you can't - you're too sick - and then because you're afraid that if you do, you might miss a symptom or a sign and die. — Jessica Fechtor