Bessie Native Son Quotes & Sayings

An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else. — Jules Verne

When I was a girl I had this strong feeling that I didn't belong anywhere, ... It was in my head, what I thought and dreamt, what I believed ... , that's where I belonged, that was my country. — Tim Winton

Listening to classical music is a journey not a state; it's an activity not a meditation. — Armando Iannucci

I can't imagine how American readers will react to a novel, but if the story is appealing it doesn't matter much if you don't catch all the detail. I'm not too familiar with the geography of nineteenth century London, for instance, but I still enjoy reading Dickens. — Haruki Murakami

The brain builds a version of the universe and projects this version of the universe like a bubble all around us. So I can say with some certainty, 'I think therefore I am.' But I cannot say, 'You think therefore you are,' because you are within my perceptual bubble. — Henry Markram

Who who whose smell in the air of her room, whose fingerprints all over her friends' secret places. — Tana French

Focus on doing one thing, get it right, then start working on something else. — Patrick Thean

Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself. — Edwin Land

There was something twisting in his gut that he wanted to deny and couldn't. It was like a knife in him that he could not remove lest he bleed to death. — Hazel B. West

Yes, the Boy Scouts of America should definitely allow gay adult leaders and I think it's really going to hold them back if they don't. — Bear Grylls

One interesting thing about greed is that although the underlying motive is to seek satisfaction, the irony is that even after obtaining the object of your desire you are still not satisfied. The true antidote of greed is contentment. — Dalai Lama