Goncharov Armchair Quotes & Sayings

They told me I wouldn't make 25. Then it was 35, then 45. These were my doctors speaking - they're all dead now. — George Best

My history is pretty different from the history of most professors. I was a high school dropout. I dropped out and became a science fiction writer. — Daniel Goldstein

I was playing sports all the time, growing up. And then, somewhere around 10th or 11th grade, I kind of lost interest in that and just started reading a lot. I didn't know what to read. I didn't have much direction outside of school. — John Brandon

He loved books, those undemanding but faithful friends. — Victor Hugo

Things are going up in fire and never been there." When she looked no wiser he said, "There was a warehouse in Finchley. Round between the bath shop and the Pizza Hut. I know there was because I used to go there and because I've seen it." He tap-tapped his eyepiece again. "But 'seen it' butters no bleeding parsnips these days. That warehouse burnt down, and now it didn't ever was there. The bath shop and the Pizza Hut are joined up now, and the only ash blowing around there's a charred bit of never. — China Mieville

I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point, I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future. — Charlie Sheen

That's the beautiful thing about innocence; even monsters have a pocketful of childhood memories with which to seek comfort with. — Dave Matthes

I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes five minutes and then it's for five years. — Laurent Fabius

The most successful are not the most perfect, but the imperfect who dare to believe that they can despite the damning verdict. — Bangambiki Habyarimana

The texture of experience is prior to everything else. — Willem De Kooning

I love to eat, and if I could, I'd eat every second of my life. — Maria Sharapova

Even if we could grow our way out of the crisis and delay the inevitable and painful reconciliation of virtual and real wealth, there is the question of whether this would be a wise thing to do. Marginal costs of additional growth in rich countries, such as global warming, biodiversity loss and roadways choked with cars, now likely exceed marginal benefits of a little extra consumption. The end result is that promoting further economic growth makes us poorer, not richer. — Herman E. Daly