Balakayati Quotes & Sayings

He knew Alec enough by now to know the conflicting impulses that warred in him. He was conscientious, the kind of person who believed that the others around him were so much more important than he was, who already believed he was letting everybody down. And he was honest, the kind of person that was naturally open about all he felt and wanted. Alec's virtues had made a trap for him; these two good qualities had collided painfully. He felt he could not be honest without disappointing everyone he loved. It was a hideous conundrum for him. It was as if the world had been designed to make him unhappy. — Cassandra Clare

If I need you I'll give you a signal.'
'What signal?'
'I'll imitate the scream of a terrified little girl — Jim Butcher

Some one may say, are you not ashamed to be so taken in like a fool? Yes, I should be ashamed, if it had been an open enemy who had so deceived me. But, to my mind, when friend cheats friend, a deeper stain attaches to the perpetrator than to the victim of deceit. — Xenophon

English orthography satisfies all the requirements of the canons of reputability under the law of conspicuous waste. It is archaic, cumbrous, and ineffective; its acquisition consumes much time and effort; failure to acquire it is easy of detection. — Thorstein Veblen

The day will come when all nations amidst which the Jews are dwelling will have to raise the question of their wholesale expulsion, a question which will be one of life or death, good health or chronic disease, peaceful existence or perpetual social fever. — Franz Liszt

Remember when we used to worry about some weirdo having a razor blade inside an apple on Halloween? Not anymore. Like a kid today would eat an apple. — Jay Leno

More data is not always the answer. — Alan Hirsch

It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back. — Mick Jagger

I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally. — Carine Roitfeld

Architecture is the art of how to waste space. — Phillip E. Johnson

Time narrows or expands according to how we approach it. It varies with a man's breadth, with his heart. — Ilya Ehrenburg