Floricel Marinescu Quotes & Sayings

The Chinese had gunpowder, but it didn't occur to them to put it in a gun. They possessed the compass but didn't go anywhere. They invented paper, printing, and a written form of their language, but hardly anyone in China was taught to read. — P. J. O'Rourke

History, in fact, is no more than a list of the crimes of humanity, human follies and accidents — Edward Gibbon

Oprah Winfrey represents the most ingenious and creative expression of black spiritual genius in the public mainstream that we've had in quite a long time, if ever. — Michael Eric Dyson

I've noticed that people who get married cease to be curious. — Anton Chekhov

Do not mix temporary difficulties with real problems. — Valentina

The only pawn shop in the town of Night Vale is run by the very young Jackie Fierro. It has no name, but if you need it, you will know where it is. This knowledge will come suddenly, often while you are in the shower. You will collapse, surrounded by a bright glowing blackness, and you will find yourself on your hands and knees, the warm water running over you, and you will know where the pawn shop is. You will smell must, and soap, and feel a stab of panic about how alone you are.

It will be like most showers you've taken. — Joseph Fink

People assume that death hanging over my head would allow me to put things into perspective, but that's not how it works. — John Diamond