De Nantes A Aix Quotes & Sayings

By the time the average person finishes college, he or she will have taken over 2,600 tests, quizzes, and exams. The right answer approach becomes deeply ingrained in our thinking. This may be fine for some mathematical problems where there is in fact only one right answer. The difficulty is that most of life isn't this way. Life is ambiguous; there are many right answers- all depending on what you're looking for. But if you think there is only one right answer, then you'll stop looking as soon as you find one. — Roger Von Oech

He watched a catbird hopping around in an azalea that was readying itself to bloom; he envied the bird for knowing nothing of what he knew; he would have swapped souls with it in a heartbeat. And then to take wing, to know the air's buoyancy even for an hour: the trad was a no-brainer, and the catbird, with its lively indifference to him, its sureness of physical selfhood, seemed well aware of how preferable it was to be the bird. — Jonathan Franzen

Sometimes it's boring because it takes time, but it's enjoyable. So beating up people for a living is really fun. — Wladimir Klitschko

Entities should not be posited unnecessarily. — William Of Ockham

After two terms as California's Governator, Schwarzenegger slipped comfortably back into pictures with 'The Last Stand,' a modern Western, then crammed into the wide screen, as if it were a service elevator, with fellow '80s muscle car Sylvester Stallone in 'Escape Plan.' — Richard Corliss

In case of dispute, the umpire shall throw it straight into the field. — James Naismith

I will always stay close to all compatriots, and share together the happiness and suffering. — Norodom Sihamoni

Asphalt hurts. But not as much as abandoning your dignity. — Abby McDonald

To be a fool at the right time is also an art. — Aldous Huxley

Once upon a time in the middle of winter, when the flakes of snow were falling like feathers from the sky, a queen sat at a window sewing, and the frame of the window — Jacob Grimm

Fifteen minutes with you Well, I wouldn't say no Oh, people said that you were virtually dead And they were so wrong
Fifteen minutes with you Oh, well, I wouldn't say no Oh, people said that you were easily led And they were half-right — Morrissey

The Government are very keen on amassing statistics - they collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. — Josiah Stamp

The river was slow here, our old Cherwell, but kitted out with treacherous tree roots and crumbling banks, and just enough depth to scare one toward salvation. — Gregory Maguire

I'm a cinephile. I love movies, I love film at every level. I'm a student of it. It informs me as does all art in my music, because there's stories, there's acts, there's moods, there's dynamics, there's moodiness, emotion. All of those things that play into a film. I think that could equally be said about music. It definitely informs me. Beats is stories. — Q-Tip

It was the only way to silence you."
She bristled with outrage. "Silence
me? You took liberties with
my ... my ... my lips in order to silence
me? That was very impertinent of you,
Laird. I won't allow you to do it again."
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He smiled and folded his arms over
his chest. "Aye, you will."
Her mouth gaped open in astonishment
and then worked up and down as
she struggled to speak. "I assure you I
won't."
"I assure you that you will. — Maya Banks