Bornean Quotes & Sayings

I have a theory, too, that the best and only answer to a smear or to an honest misunderstanding of the facts is to tell the truth — Richard M. Nixon

Now when I was fifteen, oh I knew it was over
The road to enchantment was not mine to take
Cause lower calf, upper arm should be half what they are
I was breaking the laws that the signmakers made.

And all I could eat was the poisonous apple
And that's not a story I was meant to survive
I was all out of choices, but the woman of voices

She turned round the corner with music around her,
She gave me the language that keeps me alive — Dar Williams

It was [the concept of] nationalism that Indonesia was established on. Not the Javanese, not the Sumatran, not the Bornean, Sulawesi, Bali or others, but the Indonesian, that together became the foundation of one nationale staat (nation-state). — Sukarno

Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough. — Vincent Van Gogh

Serial novels have an unexpected effect; they hook the writer as well as the reader. — Alexander McCall Smith

Elijah's problem, in Danny's mind, is that he has no sense of what it takes to make a living. Danny's problem, in Elijah's mind, is that he has no sense of what it takes to make a life. — David Levithan

Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it's more of a cerebral ascent. — Krista Tippett

I don't seek power and do not run around. — Benoit Mandelbrot