Brunonian Quotes & Sayings

It's really about being pleased with yourself. — Janet Jackson

I'm a fastidious bookman and have never liked reading books with library markings or other messy defects. — Larry McMurtry

This crude, cowardly bargain seems not to have unduly bothered Hitler. If Mussolini was personally attracted to him, as Ciano said, by "something deeply rooted in his make-up," it might be said that the attraction was mutual, for the same mysterious reasons. Disloyal as he had been to some of his closest associates, a number of whom he had had murdered, such as Roehm and Strasser, Hitler maintained a strange and unusual loyalty to his ridiculous Italian partner that did not weaken, that indeed was strengthened when adversity and then disaster overtook the strutting, sawdust Roman Caesar. It is one of the interesting paradoxes of this narrative. — William L. Shirer

brought them along nevertheless, remembering the old line, it was better to have and not need, than need and not have. Gus shook his head once, — Keith C. Blackmore

Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me the words are always very important. It's very important for me to know my lines, know them so well that I don't have to think about them. — Christopher Walken

I am going to explain to you why we went to war. Why mankind always does to war. It is not social or political. It is not countries that go to war, but men. It is like salt. Once one has been to war, one has salt for the rest of one's life. Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women from laughing at them. — John Fowles

Tennis is my job, but it's not my life. — Serena Williams

Whatever your passion in life is; always set a goal for yourself and never allow the guy next door to hold you back from achieving it". — Abdulazeez Henry Musa

Teamwork requires that everyone's efforts flow in a single direction. Feelings of significance happen when a team's energy takes on a life of its own. — Pat Riley

Fear, safety, and conformity make you mediocre and average — Alonzo King

There are lots of things we never understand, no matter how many years we put on, no matter how much experience we accumulate. — Haruki Murakami

Our desire must be like a slow and stately ship, sailing across endless oceans, never in search of safe anchorage. Then suddenly, unexpectedly, it will find mooring for a moment. — Etty Hillesum