Buduore Quotes & Sayings

Francis Crick, co-winner of the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA, believes that DNA could only have arrived from space, sent in the form of bacteria from more advanced civilizations. — Walker Percy

He very soon acquired the reputation of being the best public speaker of his time. He had taken pains to master the art, approaching it with scientific precision. On the morning of a day on which he was giving a speech, he once told Wilkie Collins, he would take a long walk during which he would establish the various headings to be dealt with. Then, in his mind's eye, he would arrange them as on a cart wheel, with himself as the hub and each heading a spoke. As he dealt with a subject, the relevant imaginary spoke would drop out. When there were no more spokes, the speech was at an end. Close observers of Dickens noticed that while he was speaking he would make a quick action of the finger at the end of each topic, as if he were knocking the spoke away. — Simon Callow

As Americans, preserving the best of our traditions, we have the right- nay the duty-to fight for participation in the forward march of humanity — Paul Robeson

I seek and don't find myself. I belong to chrysanthemum hours, neatly lined up in flowerpots. — Fernando Pessoa

It's destiny that pushed me towards showbiz. I wanted to start off as a technician, but out of compulsion, I became an actor. — Pawan Kalyan

Everybody granted that if "Tom" were white and free it would be unquestionably right to punish him
it would be no loss to anybody; but to shut up a valuable slave for life
that was quite another matter. As soon as the Governor understood the case, he pardoned Tom at once, and the creditors sold him down the river. — Mark Twain

People were infected with the concept that happiness was something outside themselves, and a new and powerful form of loneliness was born. Mix loneliness with stress and enervation, and all sorts of madness can occur. Anxiety increases, and in order to obliterate the anxiety, people turn to extreme sex, violence, and even murder. — Ryu Murakami

It's foolish to trump up stories about how primitive humans built pyramids, stone henge or other ancient giant structures. The only logical explanation is ... those relics ain't built by human kind. It is easier to admit this pity explanation than to justify otherwise. — Toba Beta

you young ones . . ." 'Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country has ever done for you? — Charles Stross

A man should cling to hope. — George R R Martin

The delights of this life are not its own, but our fear of the ascent into a higher life; the torments of this life are not its own, but our self-torment because of that fear. — Franz Kafka

During any dance to which we surrender with joy, the brain loses it's controlling power, and the heart takes up the reins of the body. — Paulo Coelho

Doing an album is like having a business card; to show people what you do. The most important thing to me is the stage. I do albums because I love the stage. — Angelique Kidjo

We get back pretty well. There is no further attack by the enemy. We lie for an hour panting and resting before anyone speaks. We are so completely played out that in spite of our great hunger we do not think of the provisions. Then gradually we become something like men again. — Erich Maria Remarque

You are not what you seem - you're a Sylph - you leave and the air retains your image - you haunt me ... — John Geddes