Gia Marie Carangi Famous Quotes & Sayings

All he knew was that he was now a human whose name was Gregor Samsa. — Haruki Murakami

God has always been to me not so much like a father as like a dear and tender mother. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Hindi kid would soon learn what the British learned earlier in the century, and what the Russians would eventually learn by the late 1980s: that Afghans are an independent people. Afghans cherish custom but abhor rules. — Khaled Hosseini

Yes, I am the last man to have walked on the moon, and that's a very dubious and disappointing honor. It's been far too long. — Gene Cernan

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office. — Herbert Hoover

The peasant also found another use for this sacred object. 'He says of the icon: "It's good for praying -- and you can cover the pots with it too. — Orlando Figes

Over the years, my students influenced me greatly, and I've learned many lessons from them. I have an immense amount of respect for them, and I think that respect for your audience is the foremost requirement for anyone who wants to write. — Susan Campbell Bartoletti

I have not the hope of being immortal, because the desire of it has not given me that vanity. — Denis Diderot

It's a rare thing when you can read a script in one sitting and you haven't looked at the watch or you've gone to make a cup of tea. — Tom Hiddleston

And I would rather be alive, be real, be increasingly conscious of all that I am, than move around this planet all mechanical and unconscious. — Sera J. Beak

You go through big chunks of time where you're just thinking, 'this is impossible - oh,this is impossible'. And then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible. — Tina Fey

The image I have sketched views Jesus differently: rather than being the exclusive revelation of God, he is one of many mediators of the sacred. — Marcus Borg

I never loved anyone else and never desired to. She was my companion, my lover, and my teacher. — Nick Bantock

Any philosophical and theoretical assurance that laughter is unique to the human being becomes somewhat unsure when one turns to the anthropological literature. — Simon Critchley

I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working harder than everybody else. You're making the commitment, and you're making the sacrifices. If it were easy, everybody would be able to do it. Everybody would be able to be world champion, but everybody can't be. Everybody doesn't have it in them. — Laila Ali