Emyr Huws Quotes & Sayings

'Time' is an internationalist publication catering to internationalist readers who are not only interested in their own backyard. — Bobby Ghosh

A man of about fifty-four years of age, had begun, five or six months before, to be somewhat emaciated in his whole body ... a troublesome vomiting came on, of a fluid which resembl'd water, tinctur'd with soot ... Death took place ... In the stomach ... was an ulcerated cancerous tumour ... Betwixt the stomach and the spleen were two glandular bodies, of the bigness of a bean, and in their colour, and substance, not much unlike that tumour which I have describ'd in the stomach. — Giovanni Battista Morgagni

The annoying this was that their authority loomed larger by the hour. One is not aware of it, but these men are kings. Throwing open my rooms, they would say, "Everything here belongs to us." They would fall upon my scraps of thought: "This is ours." They would challenge my story, "Talk," and my story would put itself at their service. In haste, I would rid myself of myself. I distributed my blood, my innermost being among them, lent them the universe, gave them the day. Right before their eyes, though they were not at all startles, I became a drop of water, a spot of ink. I reduced myself to them. The whole presence of me passed in full view before them, and when at last nothing was present but my perfect nothingness and there was nothing more to see, they ceased to see me too. Very irritated, they stood up and cried out, "All right, where are you? Where are you hiding? Hiding is forbidden, it is an offense," etc. — Maurice Blanchot

Fiscal crises often turn into financial crises, dealing a blow to the real economy. — Lee Myung-bak

I love to watch how scientists' minds work. — Alan Alda

My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer and I have my mind ... and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge. That's why I read so much Jon Snow. — George R R Martin

To me, God comes first, my family come second. If I fail at those two, I'm just playing games. — Kirk Cameron

Industrialization created the Father's Catch-22:;: a dad loving his children by being away from the love of his children. — Warren Farrell

Strange as it was, he understood there was grace and strength in this pain; a reminder of what should never be forgotten. — Christie Golden

The subjectivization of the universal in art brings the universal downward on one hand, while on the other it helps raise the individual toward the universal. — Piet Mondrian

That is the sort of race which one really enjoys - to feel at one's peak on the day when it is necessary, and to be able to produce the pace at the very finish. It gives a thrill which compensates for months of training and toiling. But it is the sort of race that one wants only about once a season. — Jack Lovelock

Don't allow ambition to rob you of destiny. — Vonae Deyshawn

Boys and girls should be taught respect for each other's liberty ... and that jealousy and possessiveness kill love. — Bertrand Russell