Fedya Korvin Krukovsky Quotes & Sayings

He watched a catbird hopping around in an azalea that was readying itself to bloom; he envied the bird for knowing nothing of what he knew; he would have swapped souls with it in a heartbeat. And then to take wing, to know the air's buoyancy even for an hour: the trad was a no-brainer, and the catbird, with its lively indifference to him, its sureness of physical selfhood, seemed well aware of how preferable it was to be the bird. — Jonathan Franzen

My wife Staci made me go to a wedding last weekend ... If it weren't for her, I'd be happy. — Stephan Pastis

Well, I don't know any piece by heart, but Mozart goes something like this ... What do you think? — Robert Morris

The four most miserable years of my life were my four years in the presidency. — John Quincy Adams

From the moment you are clear in your vision of yourself and how you project that vision in your family, your community and in the world, that's all that matters. — Angelique Kidjo

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. — Martin Luther King Jr.

The basic unit for contemporary art is not the idea, but the analysis of and extension of sensations. — Susan Sontag

I still haven't come to grips with our success. — Michael Hutchence

Life without a partner will be different but it can still be good. — Nancy Goldner

There are interesting times. The game is more fun when you are experimenting. One day yuor great, the next day scatterlog. But your learning. No that's not right. I probably have forgotten more about golf than I will ever learn. What you do is remember some of the things you thought you would never forget. — Jack Nicklaus

Happiness often comes when least expected. — Francois Lelord

Maximum growth and high ideals are not incompatible. They're inseparable. — Jim Stengel