Baada Ya Quotes & Sayings

I'm always intrigued by authors who say, 'This book took 17 drafts.' They're very clear about it. I couldn't possibly count the number of times ... So many of these stories I worked on for a very long time and wrote them, set them aside, rewrote them, worked on something else - they were never far from reach; they informed each other. — Jhumpa Lahiri

Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went. — Omar Khayyam

God will not place a burden on a man's shoulders knowing that he cannot carry it. — Muhammad Ali

You're not from around here. You talk funny." "Alabama. Where bears don't eat people, it don't usually snow, and it's customary for the new guy getting told the tale to buy the drinks for the men doing the telling. — Larry Correia

She liked her toys to have a little bite, and Nick was all cuddle. — Stylo Fantome

I'm so overexposed, I'm making Paris Hilton look like a recluse. — Barack Obama

I was inspired by [Michelangelo] Antonioni's Red Desert - very big and moody. — Lykke Li

If it is considered speaking knowledgeably about malaria by having spent a few weeks traveling into malaria endemic zones and fallen sick from being infected with it, then what is it considered by having lived in the very same malaria endemic zones for years without being infected by it? — T.K. Naliaka

One of my predecessors used to have people torn to death by wild tortoises. It was not a quick death. — Terry Pratchett

Many people die of thirst but the Irish are born with one. — Spike Milligan

Like a bird handled by humans whose flock would not accept it back, Rob now wore the unwashable scent of the Ivy League. — Jeff Hobbs

Originality is dangerous. — Salman Rushdie