Centimetrov Quotes & Sayings

Grief is a hone to a hard mind. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Sassenach I might be to him, but not English. — Diana Gabaldon

The human mind is not capable of comprehending or containing this world's agony.' Sidney Grice said, 'or we should all go mad. — M.R.C. Kasasian

Good taste is a virtue of the keepers of museums. If you scorn bad taste, you will have neither painting nor dancing, neither palaces nor gardens. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

To be wild as the waves;
enshrined
by the vastness -
our cosmic immemorial.
Unsettled as the forest.
An indomitable flicker
amidst worldviews,
of jaded crowns
and romantic ash. — Steven Storm

Thinking outside the box' is ridiculous nonsense, since whatever you can do in a 'box' or closed environment is not 'thinking'. If I 'think' about a problem but limit my thoughts to certain dimensions - then i am not thinking at all, because thinking implies that one at least tries to take all relevant factors into consideration, and as there's usually no way to tell which factors are and which are not relevant restricted thought is not 'thinking' and so 'thinking outside the box' is simply a eufemism for 'let's start to think', but the metafor implies a hidden desire to return to conformity immediately. — Martijn Benders

We know what the birth of a revolution looks like: A student stands before a tank. A fruit seller sets himself on fire. A line of monks link arms in a human chain. Crowds surge, soldiers fire, gusts of rage pull down the monuments of tyrants, and maybe, sometimes, justice rises from the flames. — Nancy Gibbs

I suddenly realised it's no coincidence the two middle letters of life are if. — Michael Faudet

When sparrows build and the leaves break forth, My old sorrow wakes and cries. — Jean Ingelow

I've gone bankrupt about four times now. Every dollar I earn goes on the show. — Lady Gaga