Charlie Yardbird Parker Quotes & Sayings

Anything that is not funny at a certain point will be funny. — Robin Williams

The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions. — Alan Paton

When you lose someone you care about, it's hard to accept that the universe doesn't notice the huge void. — Jennifer Ashley

Lorraine once told me, smile big when you're sad. Smile big when you're happy. Smile big when you're bored. Because regardless how you feel, your face could use a stretch. — Marley Jacobs

Vengeance." "It is a sweet cup with bitter dregs, but I have grown accustomed to it. I have drunk my fill of it, yet it is never empty. — T.C. Southwell

Humans are not disabled. A person can never be broken. Our built environment, our technologies, are broken and disabled. We the people need not accept our limitations, but can transcend disability through technological innovation. — Hugh Herr

He disapproved of the metaphor: he wanted to tell her that one shouldn't compare one's personal unhappiness to the most horrible crime in history. — Brian Morton

It's been a prevalent notion. Fallen sparks. Fragments of vessels broken at the Creation. And someday, somehow, before the end, a gathering back to home. A messenger from the Kingdom, arriving at the last moment. But I tell you there is no such message, no such home
only the millions of last moments ... nothing more. Our history is an aggregate of last moments. — Thomas Pynchon

I realized very early in life what my abilities and limitations were, and foreign languages was definitely one of my limitations. With strenuous effort, I just barely passed my French class at Harvard so I could graduate. — Michio Kaku

Will you shed your tears for the souls of the nations? — Wendi Stranz

Every day the choristers of the social web chirp their advice about openness and trust; craigslist follows none of it, and every day it grows. — Gary Wolf

When I went to Venice I found that my dream had become-incredibly, but quite simply-my address. — Marcel Proust