Dyanna Okazaki Quotes & Sayings

The sorcerer Virgil had himself chopped in pieces and placed in a cauldron to be cooked for eight days, thus to become rejuvenated.10 He had someone watch out that no intruder peeped into the cauldron. The watchman was unable, however, to resist the temptation. It was too soon. Virgil disappeared with a cry, like a little child. I, too, have probably looked too early into the cauldron, into the cauldron of life and its historical development, and no doubt will never manage to be more than a child. [ ... ] — Soren Kierkegaard

I don't think Africa gets as much credit as it should have on the world stage. People tend to think of us as coming from The Dark Continent, where nothing good goes on. That's not true. A huge amount of, as I say, entrepreneurship goes on. — Nicky Oppenheimer

It was sort of the pattern to my life - I'd never been strong enough to deal with the things outside my control, to attack the enemies or outrun them. To avoid the pain. Always human and weak, the only thing I'd ever been able to do was keep going. Endure. Survive. — Stephenie Meyer

I had one good racket, a Wilson Javelin. It was my favorite racket, and I made the mistake of putting it next to the heater. It just got so hot that it melted. — Stefan Edberg

Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospect; it has to be shattered before ascertained. — Vladimir Nabokov

One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform. Accepted authority rests first of all on reason. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

You got to go along to get along. — Hillary Jordan

I believe in people living their lives and having privacy. — Sandra Bernhard

Nothing could be smarter, more splendid, more brilliant, better drawn up than two armies. Trumpets, fifes, hautboys, drums, cannons, formed a harmony such as never been heard in hell. — Voltaire

Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous. — Barbara Ehrenreich

Where is the weapon with which I enforce your bondage? You give it to me every time you open your mouth. — Frank Herbert