Dobroslav Trnka Quotes & Sayings

Cordelia was thinking how human beings can invent words, how they can line up their invented words side by side on paper. It was magic. — Leonie Swann

Dear Gris, if there's one thing I can't abide it's a bad poet. — Cat Hellisen

When you make the kind of movies I make, you get weird letters from people. — David Fincher

Amatus waited a long time, but at last he broke the silence.
"There is much I don't understand."
"That will never change," Mortis said decisively. "Except that what you don't understand will change. — John Barnes

God cannot change for the better, for He is already perfect; and being perfect, He cannot change for the worse. — Arthur W. Pink

One day, a new fabric appeared on the scene. PVC was shiny, waterproof, and unlike anything I'd ever seen before. — Mary Quant

An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by. — Ian MacKaye

The Noble Eight-Fold Path is the path of living in awareness. Mindfulness is the foundation. By practicing mindfulness, you can develop concentration, which enables you to attain understanding. Thanks to right concentration, you realize right awareness, thoughts, speech, action, livelihood and effort. The understanding which develops can liberate you from every shackle of suffering and give birth to true peace and joy. — Nhat Hanh

Many of the Ten Commandments can still claim validity today. But the Fourth Commandment is diametrically opposed to the laws of psychology. It is imperative that there be general recognition of the fact that enforced "love" can do a very great deal of harm. People who were loved in childhood will love their parents in return. There is no need of a commandment to tell them to do so. Obeying a commandment can never be the basis for love. — Alice Miller

Fate changes when you change your clothes. — Amy Tan