Bolker La Quotes & Sayings

My inspiration is really very simple: I'm struck by things that I want to know more about. I really do react just as a curious person: who is this person? What's the story behind this situation? Why do people like this or dislike this thing? — Susan Orlean

What is wrong with Christians today is that we have the gifts of God but have forgotten the God of the gifts. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

As you get older, you have more and more layers of experience to forgive, more layers of heartbreak, more layers of what you might think of as failure. — Marianne Williamson

Facebook is at the forefront. It's the company that can fundamentally change the way information is being exchanged and processed. It can be the basis for artificial intelligence to develop over time. — Yuri Milner

Theory and fact are equally strong and utterly interdependent; one has no meaning without the other. We need theory to organize and interpret facts, even to know what we can or might observe. And we need facts to validate theories and give them substance. — Stephen Jay Gould

His eyes touched every part of her. Even parts that may never have been touched before. They flashed with lightning, singing along her nerves with electric currents of heat. A sultry, answering thunder whipped through her, calling forth a storm so unexpected, she almost felt betrayed by her own body. — Kerrigan Byrne

Watch my sword, not my face!'he said. 'I'm going to stab you, not bite you! — Allan Frewin Jones

. In the 19th century, Europe invaded and colonised Africa. In the 21st century, Africa invades and colonises Europe. — Matthew Reilly

I loved these books, but talk about impossible standards. Adults were never charmed by me. They scolded me or ignored me. When my eyes got starry, I was never told that I had an expressive face, a smile that lit up the room, or a special quality that made others happy. This was a lucky thing, I think now. Unable to imitate or compete with these heroines, I was left to forge my own way. — Nancy McCabe

There's no reason to do 'ex and the City' if it's not going to be everything 'Sex and the City' is, which is vibrant emotions, comedy, drama ... and also, style. — Michael Patrick King

Everything you love, enjoy, respect or value will somehow find top priority, even without excessive conscious reminders. Show respect through the way you manage time, especially when others are involved or affected. — Archibald Marwizi

A Haydn symphony had a meaning for the social group that listened to it. A Mahler symphony had a meaning for the man who composed it. Here is the difference between the classical and romantic attitudes to art. — Anthony Burgess

Thoughts make life tough. — Bharath Mamidoju