Etemad Sara Quotes & Sayings

If thou art rich, then show the greatness of thy fortune; or what is better, the greatness of thy soul, in the meekness of thy conversation; condescend to men of low estate, support the distressed, and patronize the neglected. Be great. — Laurence Sterne

My father had slowed down playing a little ... I was 'round 10 or 12 years old. Every time he put his guitar down, I pick it up. — David Edwards

Novels institutionalize the ruse of eros. It becomes a narrative texture of sustained incongruence, emotional and cognitive. It permits the reader to stand in triangular relation to the characters in the story and reach into the text after the objects of their desire, sharing their longing but also detached from it, seeing their view of reality but also its mistakenness. It is almost like being in love. — Anne Carson

I'm a feminist. So if a woman and I are going for the last empty seat on the subway, I'm not holding back. — Brandon Stanton

I don't think you can be good in life without acknowledging the part of you that isn't good. — Jeff Tweedy

Golf has always been a game where you have to control both ends of the club. — Matt Kuchar

A politician must often talk and act before he has thought and read. He may be very ill informed respecting a question: all his notions about it may be vague and inaccurate; but speak he must. And if he is a man of ability, of tact, and of intrepidity, he soon finds that, even under such circumstances, it is possible to speak successfully. — Thomas B. Macaulay

Without trusting government you can't do a lot of things. — John McCain

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at. — John Bonham

People said that 'Fight Club' would be impossible to turn into a movie, but I think David Fincher loved that challenge. — Chuck Palahniuk

I think you inherit most of your talent from your parents, although sometimes a fabulously talented singer grows out of the union of two tone-deaf people — Joely Fisher

notes were handed out to all students, warning them not to use magic over the holidays ("I always hope they'll forget to give us these," said Fred Weasley sadly) — J.K. Rowling

I never have a realistic sense of self. I either think everything I do is terrible and I'm the worst guy on the planet, or from time to time I'll think I'm the greatest gift to music and the coolest guy who ever lived, but that happens maybe an hour out of the week. Some days I'm more concerned with how my hair looks than what my guitar sounds like. — Dave Navarro