Dikula Quotes & Sayings

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation. — John Ruskin

His honour rooted in dishonour stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

Some people have a team of ten people - Waste of money, waste of time. I do it on my own when I'm in the ring. — Carl Froch

When he mentioned family, I could only think of my father, my real father, the Long Island janitor with the impenetrable accent and true-to-life smells. My mind returned away from what Joshie was saying and I pondered my father's humiliation. The humiliation of growing up a Jew in the Soviet Union, of cleaning piss-stained bathrooms in the States, of worshipping a country that would collapse as simply and inelegantly as the one he had abandoned. — Gary Shteyngart

One of the shocking things when I go back to Canada is they cut off the tall trees - it's sort of like everyone's the same. Everyone's going to be the same, we're all okay. Just the, sort of, cultural, 'We're all okay.' — Shane Smith

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time. — Marcus Aurelius

In the art of literature there are two contending parties. Those who aim to tell stories that are more or less well thought out, and those who aim at beautiful language, beauty of form. This contest may last a very long time; each side has a fifty-fifty chance. Only the poet can rightfully demand that verse be beautiful and nothing but. — Paul Gauguin

I wish I could say I write 9-5. It's usually more like 8-6, every day but the weekends. — Kim Harrison