Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Quotes & Sayings

You're mortal, and only a mortal can afford to be romantic. When we conquered death, we murdered love. — Rick Yancey

I'm very sad about Mitch McConnell probably getting to be Senate majority leader, if only for two years. To me, he is just everything that is wrong with the world, a bullying obstructionist blowhard liar (not to put too fine a point on it). — Anne Lamott

It is the worst people in your life that teach you the best lessons. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I have absolutely no musical talent of my own! — Danny Strong

My rule of writing is that no one can do what you can do, so jealousy or competitiveness are pointless. I am always happy when one of my sisters has a book published that I get to read. — Hallie Ephron

Maybe I'm like acts of Congress or your favorite Chinese restaurant - you don't really want to know what's going on behind the door. I'm a real study in contrast, I expect, looking from without. But it adds up to what you get on stage. — David Lee Roth

My relationship with fashion is playful and very expressive of what I'm feeling at the time. — Phoebe Philo

There was a lake beneath me, but the big, heavy parachute which had to be opened two miles above the ground couldn't be steered. My first thought was, 'Lord, they send just one woman into space, and she has to end up in the water.' — Valentina Tereshkova

You have a soft spot. Contrary to popular belief, it is not where you are weak, it is the gateway to indestructible power. — Susan Piver