Birol Tarkan Quotes & Sayings

In India, a land of few safe assumptions, chronic uncertainty was said to have helped produce a nation of quick-witted, creative problem-solvers. Among — Katherine Boo

I know that light is not for me, save that of the moon over the rock tombs of Neb, nor any gaiety save the unnamed feasts of Nitokris beneath the Great Pyramid; yet in my new wildness and freedom I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage. — H.P. Lovecraft

I've been producing documentaries on global warming for 20 years and have seen the early warnings of extreme weather events come true. — Bill Kurtis

Peace is our inheritance from Jesus, but we have to choose to follow Him daily. Colossians 3:15 teaches us that peace is to be the "umpire" in our lives, settling every issue that needs a decision. To gain and maintain peace in our hearts, we may have to learn to say no to a few things. — Joyce Meyer

When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white men came, an Indian said simply Ours. — Vine Deloria Jr.

My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me. — Rafael Nadal

Existence is self-enjoyment, by means of some object distinct from ourselves. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

I found out my husband can cook! — Jennifer Grey

Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness. — Pearl S. Buck

Have you never known a cruel wind? What an easy, balmy, tropical life you must have! I never tease, madam! I coax, I beguile, I stomp, I throw tantrums, and for certain, I freeze - I am the Coldest and Harshest of all the Harsh Airs! I am the shiver of the world! But I do not tease. You can cause ever so much more trouble by taking folk seriously, asking just what they're doing and doing just what they ask. — Catherynne M Valente

Silence has a grammar all its own. — Marty Rubin

The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods. — Theodor Reik

When you're about to die, your whole life's supposed to flash before your eyes. When you fall in true love, on the other hand, what you see in the twinkling of an eye is your entire future. — Tom Holt

Any conversation I have with anybody that's real is always revealing and inspiring. — Spike Jonze