Bniswfl Quotes & Sayings

It's hard to know a truth when you've never encountered one. — Aleksandr Voinov

A man who sets out to make himself up is taking on the Creator's role, according to one way of seeing things; he's unnatural, a blasphemer, an abomination of abominations. From another angle, you could see pathos in him, heroism in his struggle, in his willingness to risk: not all mutants survive. Or, consider him socio-politically: most migrants learn, and can become disguises. Our own false descriptions to counter the falsehoods invented about us, concealing for reasons of security our secret selves. — Salman Rushdie

He was now probably the world's leading authority on the greatest explorer of all time, — Arthur C. Clarke

It's always easier to spot others' hypocrisies while missing our own. — Annette Gordon-Reed

It had not had much effect, but that was beside the point. "Love is like a flame; it burns itself out eventually," Sabiha had told Selva. "What will you do then? — Ayse Kulin

Don't insult me. Everyone knows a turtle is a crustacean on its mother's side. — Anthony Marra

Writers don't write writing, they write reading. When I was a kid, I read four or five books a week. And that is how I became a writer. — Avi

The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many understand? — Seneca The Younger

When confronted with a major emotional trigger like this, I have two modes - fight or flight - — Lex Martin

True emotions and sincere words never perish. The great heart of humanity gladly receives and embalms every true utterance of the humblest of its offspring. — Elias Lyman Magoon

For me, the first fact of human existence is the human body. But if you embrace the reality of the human body, you embrace mortality, and that is a very difficult thing for anything to do because the self-conscious mind cannot imagine non-existence. It's impossible to do. — David Cronenberg

I studied to be a chef as a side thing, a little hobby that I enjoyed doing, but I ended up falling madly in love with the food and the lifestyle. — Kelis