Betawi Culture Quotes & Sayings

I'm saying that some men are saints. Some are happy being meek and humble and unambitious. Some men are born content to be second-best. — James Clavell

For the mindful god does detest untimely growth. — Friedrich Holderlin

I used to be afraid of two things - being alone and not being able to write. Since Albert's death, I don't care about writing or about other people. — Hans-Uwe Bauer

There are some secrets so toxic you can't share. Especially if you love who it is you'd have to share with. — Joyce Carol Oates

If you're taking performance-enhancing drugs and you get caught, in my mind, you should be banned for life. — Michael Bisping

The Rio de Contas, a wide, almost delta-like river, was startling, a sudden big sky and a feeling of openness, and very bright. It was noisy with birds. The rain forest houses most of the earth's plant and animal population. I hadn't anticipated it would be so loud. — Bill Buford

Every journey toward a dream is personal, and as a result, so is the price that must be paid for it. — John C. Maxwell

You don't actually have ideas; ideas have you. — Gregory Benford

People want to download publications quickly and read them without cruft. Publications that started in print carry too much baggage and usually have awful apps. 'The Magazine' was designed from the start to be streamlined, natively digital, and respectful of readers' time and attention. — Marco Arment

We do it all the time, we legislate taste. We do it with the tax code. Churches and children get a tax break, because it's assumed that we all agree that we want to encourage churches and children. I don't. I don't. That's my opinion. I don't want to encourage either churches or children, and it's a very bad idea to put them together. — Bill Maher

The Lord won't confirm a lie. — Ernest Angley

Whatever influence Bullaro's normally cautious character might have exerted over the passions of his penis were now nonexistent, and he unhesitatingly followed her and quickly undressed. — Gay Talese

Donley loved the flight deck. It excited him. A rush. He had some misgivings about navy life, but he craved the action on deck. Few things compared to the raw power of an F-14 Tomcat in afterburner. The intense heat. The smell of jet fuel. It felt like a monster truck rally with him in the middle of the action. — Darren Sapp