Datora Galdi Quotes & Sayings

Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar. — Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould

One of the first things to understand was how people knew what language to speak to whom. Where I've lived in the American Southwest, choosing to speak English or Spanish based on how someone looks is risky. If you try English and they don't speak it, you can switch to Spanish if you know it. But if you start with Spanish, you might offend: 'You don't think I speak English?' This can be the case if you're Anglo, even if you speak Spanish very well and just heard the other person speaking Spanish. When I described such an scenario to Indians, they couldn't relate - to them, choosing the wrong language wasn't embarrassing or politically charged. Or so they said. — Michael Erard

The lord works in mysterious ways. Indeed. And a shorter way to say that is: God is a sneak. — Demetri Martin

Moon-Watcher felt the first faint twinges of a new and potent emotion. It was a vague and diffuse sense of envy
of dissatisfaction with his life. He had no idea of its cause, still less of its cure; but discontent had come into his soul, and he had taken one small step toward humanity. — Arthur C. Clarke

In the face of such terror and dehumanization, human passion itself was an act of defiance. — Guillermo Del Toro

Imagine if, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast residents had to wait on Democrats and Republicans to agree on cuts before receiving clean water or loans to rebuild. Congress' negotiations often come slow or not at all. — Cedric Richmond

When we're talking about a trillion dollars of taxpayer money, "trust me" just isn't good enough. — John McCain

I love watching my brothers raise their kids and not have to do it for myself and have the responsibility. — Liam Hemsworth

Minds festooned with error, barnacled with bias, swollen with delusions of godhead. — Fritz Leiber

Industries with rapid change are the enemy of the investor. Tech businesses, particularly biotech, is a problem from that point of view. All industries work with change, but you should ideally be investing in businesses with a low rate of change, not a high rate of change. — Mohnish Pabrai

Hey, I may loathe myself, but it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm Jewish. — Larry David

At least Georgie was probably going to be one of those cool single women, one with an interesting job and a dashing best friend and good hair. She could probably have halfway decent one-night stands if she loosened up her standards. — Rainbow Rowell