Buvika Quotes & Sayings

If the pupil proves to be of so perverse a disposition that he would rather listen to some idle tale than to the account of a glorious voyage or to a wise conversation, when he hears one; if he turns away from the drum-beat that awakens young ardour in his comrades, to listen to another tattoo that summons him to a display of juggling; if he does not fervently feel it to be pleasanter and sweeter to return from a wrestling-match, dusty but victorious, with the prize in his hand, than from a game of tennis or a ball, I can see no other remedy that for his tutor to strangle him before it is too late, if there are no witnesses. — Michel De Montaigne

I didn't know that you were supposed to tune the guitar to an open chord, and I learned to play slide with a normal tuning. I think it's a little more melodic that way and doesn't sound so bluesy. Of course, if I could play like David Lindley or Ry Cooder, I'd be a happy man! — Ken Hensley

He stepped over to Vidian and turned the man's head. There, in his left ear, he saw a small dataport. A moment's revulsion struck and passed. "All right," he said. "Who wants to download Vidian's brain? — John Jackson Miller

Enlightenment is the ability to comprehend ourselves, it is the power to peer into our hearts and minds and reach that state of spiritual bliss, which may or may not lead us to salvation. — Balroop Singh

Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing. — Elizabeth Goudge

One of the most frequent sins of omission is the failure to get adequate rest. — James MacDonald

He still wore, in the warming barracks, a muskrat cap with earlaps. Under it his eyes were gray as agates, as sudden as an elbow in the solar plexus. — Wallace Stegner

My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected. — Duncan Sheik

My dream role would be to play a femme fatale in a Quentin Tarantino movie. — Meaghan Rath

What a welcome sight. You know, it's funny how often people forget that presidents need to eat, too, President — Suzanne Collins

Somebody needs to kill my trial attorney. — George Harris

My palm presses against his cool cheek as I stare intently at him, willing him to understand, "I couldn't have forgiven myself, couldn't have gone on knowing I'd let you suffer when it was in my power to take that pain away." I pause to smile sadly at him, "Anyway, it's done now."
He shakes his head in one last denial but there's nothing he can do. Crimson tears fill his eyes again as he whispers softly, "Kiss me? — Angela Louise McGurk

There is only one question. And once you know the answer to that question there are no more to ask. — Meher Baba