Darbuka Quotes & Sayings

Children understand that 'once upon a time' refers not only
not even primarily
to the past, but to the impalpable regions of the present, the deeper places inside us where princes and dragons, wizards and talking birds, impassable roads, impossible tasks, and happy endings have always existed, alive and bursting with psychic power. — Stephen Mitchell

I had never heard of the little Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid. And yet, that's where it all began. With an ordinary incident, one that happens frequently, but so frequently that it finally started something unstoppable. — John Freeman

I'm a postmodern commentator, and so, in a cheeky parallel to James Joyce or James Kelman, I get to places, verbally, that are a little unusual - when I talk about Jocky Wilson and end up sounding like a Jackson Pollock of the commentary box. — Sid Waddell

After all, education is a grab for a better future, no matter how impossible the prospect may seem at the time. — Terry Hayes

You can't win until you're not afraid to lose. — Jon Bon Jovi

I've had a disproportionate share of interaction with jerks. — Mona Sutphen

The psychologist, Paul Rozin, an expert on disgust, observed that a single cockroach will completely wreck the appeal of a bowl of cherries, but a cherry will do nothing at all for a bowl of cockroaches. — Daniel Kahneman

For me nonviolence is a creed. I must act up to it, whether I am alone or have companions. — Mahatma Gandhi

Religious liberty should be a bipartisan issue. — Ted Cruz

I'd call you a genius, but I'm in the room. — David Tennant

I want the public to know the truth, not every condition affecting the heart comes from a blockage. — Robert Atkins

You might hold an ethical position that it's wrong to lie, but if you have plans for a war in Iraq, and you want to keep them secret for practical reasons - to reduce casualties, perhaps - and someone asks you about those plans, you may need to lie for a 'good' outcome. — Peter Singer

Eventually the person who tries to fix the problem will be blamed for causing it. — Robert Breault

I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career. — Victoria Clark

It's a perfect day for letting go. — Robert Smith