Cortaro Quotes & Sayings

When we came back to Paris it was clear and cold and lovely. — Ernest Hemingway,

Now as to the behavior of the soldiers: occupations always corrupt the occupiers. — Yaroslav Trofimov

I'll go back and take what the people owe me. — Mike Tyson

There was a time for risk and a time for caution. — Veronica Rossi

Victoria hated messes. She hated distractions. Friends were the worst distraction of all. — Claire Legrand

I'll probably have to open a recording studio at some point because I won't be able to pay the bills. — Mac DeMarco

I'd love to see a cheeseburger right about now, though. — James Dashner

When fans get very passionate about a movie, they just want you to do it well. They don't want you to screw it up. Their idea of doing it well might be different than yours, but ultimately, they really just don't want you to mess up the thing that they love. — Nina Jacobson

This is not a game, and I am tired of people around here forgetting where they put their nuts!' Frank draws the attention of the officers gawking at the TV set; waiting for Connor to start streaming again. — Luis Samways

Church and family are both primary influences designed by God for a purpose and when they work together, they are orange. Both are systems comprised of imperfect people - that's why God desires to use them as a platform to tell his story of restoration and redemption to the world. — Reggie Joiner

Avoid 'shoulding' on others and yourself! — Marshall B. Rosenberg

The lovelorn, the cry-for-helpers, all mawkish tragedians who give suicide a bad name are the idiots who rush it, like amateur conductors.A true suicide is a paced, disciplined certainty. People pontificate, 'Suicide is selfishness.' Career churchmen like Pater go a step further and call it a cowardly assault on the living. Oafs argue this specious line for varying reasons: to evade fingers of blame, to impress one's audience with one's mental fiber, to vent anger, or just because one lacks the necessary suffering to sympathize. Cowardice is nothing to do with it - suicide takes considerable courage. Japanese have the right idea. No, what's selfish is to demand another to endure an intolerable existence, just to spare families, friends, and enemies a bit of soul-searching. The only selfishness lies in ruining strangers' days by forcing 'em to witness a grotesqueness. — David Mitchell

You rarely get satisfaction sitting in an easy chair. If you work in a garden on the other hand, and it yields beautiful tomatoes, that's a good feeling. — Dan Buettner