Estupendo Translation Quotes & Sayings

Science is history arranged according to the superstition and taste of the moment. The vocabulary of scholars has no wit, no salt. These heavy tomes have no soul, they are filled with distress ... — Blaise Cendrars

But avoidance allows you to believe that you're making all kinds of strides when you're not. — Liz Murray

At the embassy for supper - quail in broth and oysters - Lady Browne remembered my father, whom she'd met at Queen Elizabeth's court. Yet one name only was on the tongue of Sir Richard: William Cavendish, newly made marquess. This gentleman, he reported between oysters, had recently fled to Hamburg after losing badly with a regiment raised near York. A master horseman and fencer, and one of the richest men in England, he wrote plays - oyster - collected viols - oyster - "his particular love in music" - and was by all accounts - oyster - affable and quick. — Danielle Dutton

What about an amnesiac, who awakes having lost his memories and must learn of his past from scratch? Has he died? How can we be just memories? How does that leave us with enough? — Bernard Beckett

One thing that's great about seeing your kids is you see things that you admired in your parents. — Jon Voight

A great song that gets played so often you can no longer hear what made it great. — Andy Selsberg

To help with that, I suggested some new agreements - what I would come to call "The Four Agreements" - to alter old behavior patterns. I told them not to take things personally, and to stop making assumptions. I asked them to be impeccable with the wondrous gift of language: the words they spoke and the words that comprised their innermost thoughts. I asked them to do their best in every effort. Four simple agreements. I also reminded them again and again not to believe, but to listen. Put into practice, these new agreements would cause a disturbance that would alter their reality. — Miguel Ruiz

That's the thing about being a former fat camp champ: when asked if I'd change my past if I could, I always answer no. The pain of being an overweight kid, the humiliation, make you think twice before ever cutting anyone else down. — Stephanie Klein

If we can refrain from harming others in our actions & words, we can start to give serious attention to actively doing good. — Dalai Lama

See you around soon?" he asks me. "Because if you're this fun with your back on a metal bar, I'd like to see you in action somewhere a little more private. — C.M. Stunich

For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working. — Daniel Clowes

Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend. — Richard Matheson

A doctor's mission should not be to prevent death, but more importantly it should be to improve the quality of life. — Abhijit Naskar