Chinacache Quotes & Sayings

broke into a blaze of effulgence. — Stephen Leacock

We don't need to be in a designated role to take ownership of our environment. We can simply decide that we will be the giver, the helper, or the greeter wherever we are. We can even make a little game of it. We can tell ourselves: Today, I'm going to make at least three new people feel welcome. Or we can say: At this party, I'm going to gift two people a genuine compliment. — Michaela Chung

It's a very brave thing for anyone to do, offering love to another person. We make ourselves so vulnerable when we do it, don't we? We give that other person such power to hurt us and to rob us of our dignity. No one should ever belittle that gift, nor the giver. — Lynn Hall

Who was Col. Sussex? Just some guy who had to shit like the rest of us. — Charles Bukowski

Not since Walter Gibson has anyone been better suited to The Shadow than Howard Chaykin — Mark Waid

Writers, good ones, don't tell stories.
Characters show stories. — Robert Newton Peck

The burdens I carry on my back are in direct correlation to the weight of my ego. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

The nature that is in the location of my films can be seen in my photography, and I want my films to become closer to my photography and more distant from storytelling. It is true that these are completely separate milieus, but in my opinion, the ideal situation for me is for these two areas - photography and cinema - to become closer to one another. — Abbas Kiarostami

And these days I've come to prefer the more steady Bordeaux. I am no longer up to champagne from Ay: it's like a mistress: sparkling, flighty, vivacious, wayward - and not to be trusted. But Bordeaux is like a friend who in time of trouble and misfortune stands by us always, anywhere, ready to give us help, or just to share our quiet leisure. So raise your glasses - to our friend Bordeaux! — Alexander Pushkin

Men! Armchair heroes the lot of them, while women were sent out to do the dirty work. — Michel Faber

I love that feeling of, you know, we are women, we are so different, our imperfections are what make us unique and beautiful. — Gisele Bundchen

I'm totally engaging in cultural stereotyping, no question about it. But I think it's OK because I'm doing it for a reason, for a good reason. — Malcolm Gladwell

I've never talked to our guys about being young. That's an easy crutch to fall on. You really just have to come in and build the spirit up of your team by working them everyday, showing them examples of what they've done and reinforce their work. — Scott Brooks