Donmallonchev Quotes & Sayings

What are you worried about, Burke?"
"You, me, fall, friends, college, life. Nothing big. — Jen Calonita

I flipped to the author's photo in the Library of America edition of O'Connor's collected works, and forked it over. Solitary examined the photo.
"Okay," she said, handing it back, "I'll read it."
What in Flannery O'Connor's countenance met with Solitary's approval?
"I dunno," she said. "She looks kind of busted up, y'know? She ain't too pretty. I trust her. — Avi Steinberg

Jane Austen never did marry. Why doesthat statement call for such reflexive pity? It carries a diferent meaning if we follow it up: Jane Austen never did marry, and therefore she was given the time and perspective to produce books as well-written as those by anyone who ever lived.
-David Whyte — David Whyte

Working hard, and being thoughtful, and generous, and smart; it's a path to a better life. — Ashton Kutcher

If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse. — Yusuf Hamied

The right kind of practice is not a matter of hours. Practice should represent the utmost concentration of brain. It is better to play with concentration for two hours than to practice eight without. I should say that four hours would be a good maximum practice time-I never ask more of my pupils-and that during each minute of the time the brain be as active as the fingers. — Leopold Auer

In an inflationary world, a toll bridge (like company) would be a great thing to own because you've laid out the capital costs. You built it in old dollars and you don't have to keep replacing it. — Warren Buffett

I never understood the need for a "live" audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one. — Igor Stravinsky

When I went home ... I promised myself, I would take a cool shower and I would read. After a day spent dealing with others, television was just one more batch of voices to listen to; I'd rather have a book in my hands than the remote control. — Charlaine Harris

The truth of the maxim that beauty lies between the extremities of order and complexity. — Alain De Botton

Love starts with a gut feeling, but that gut feeling better be nourished. — Vanessa Paradis

Prayers from fear, doubt, or worry in your mind don't come true. — Maddy Malhotra

Crowds are somewhat like the sphinx of ancient fable: It is necessary to arrive at a solution of the problems offered by their psychology or to resign ourselves to being devoured by them. — Gustave Le Bon

I don't want to have so many exes. — Lance Bass

Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere. — Elie Wiesel