Bootlace Ties Quotes & Sayings

I grew up in Colombo but was lucky enough to spend a lot of time in the countryside as well. Although there was considerable turbulence, even in the 1950s, it did not throw a shadow on my consciousness. — Romesh Gunesekera

Cooking is great, love is grand, but souffles fall and lovers come and go. But you can always depend on a book! — Claudia Christian

It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts. — Boris Yeltsin

Where man is the end, or the means, all men are mean. — Harry Hooton

In a way I couldn't believe I'd carried a torch for her this far - I should have used it to set fire to her years ago. — Mike Gayle

Things like racism are institutionalized. You might not know any bigots. You feel like "well I don't hate black people so I'm not a racist," but you benefit from racism. Just by the merit, the color of your skin. The opportunities that you have, you're privileged in ways that you might not even realize because you haven't been deprived of certain things. We need to talk about these things in order for them to change. — Dave Chappelle

The sneaker heels thing is a myth. They were saying, 'They're like sneakers.' No, they're like heels is what they're like. That's like saying a denim skirt is like jeans. It's not. — Anna Kendrick

Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest. — Zhuangzi

To him who has determined, it only remains to act. — James Florio