Craftilycreative Quotes & Sayings

When I became a bandit, I spent a lot of time being close to the lowliest of the low: criminals, the enslaved, deserters, men who had nothing to lose. Contrary to what I had expected, I found that they had a hardscrabble beauty and grace. They were not mean in their nature, but made mean by the meanness of their rulers. The poor were willing to endure much, but the emperor had taken everything from them.

These men have simple dreams: a plot of land, a few possessions, a warm house, conversations with friends, and a happy wife and healthy children. They remember the smallest acts of kindness and think me a good man because of a few exaggerated stories. They've raised me on their shoulders and called me duke, and I have a duty to help them get a little closer to their dreams. — Ken Liu

I voted for President Bush, I voted for President Clinton, and, although I do want my vote back, I voted for President Obama. — Gene Simmons

Books allowed her vicarious tastes of infinite variety, but they didn't supplant the need to venture out into the big and the messy. In fact, just the opposite. Books convinced her that something more existed
something intuitive, beyond reason
and they whetted her appetite to find it. — Masha Hamilton

A picture lives by its legend - not by anything else. — Pablo Picasso

A good rule for mental conduct - think whatever it makes you truly happy to think. — Susan Gregg

Conflict occurs
when two pasts step
on the toes of the present. — Lera Auerbach

A model is a lie that helps you see the truth. — Siddhartha Mukherjee

I wasn't a great student; I was lazy. But when I was in sociology class, I listened. — Eric Stonestreet

Narratives are not fixed. We change our narratives for ourselves and we change them not necessarily deliberately. In other words, some people do, some people will constantly reconstruct their biography for external purposes, it's a very interesting political ploy. — Antonio Damasio