Gratian Pian Quotes & Sayings

Glimpses is dead-on about the high and tight nineties even as it reaches out for the sweet hereafter of the sixties. It longs for something better, and finds it, I guess, as much as anything is ever found anymore. It's a mean, sweet, wry, and disturbing book, in equal portions. — Frederick Barthelme

peace is not about the absence of conflict but it is about the presence of sincerity. — Toge Aprilianto

I think the first villain that I ever played was on 'Stargate'. I was this superior being that would take over a human host and believe that he was the most superior being in the universe. — Kevin Durand

Crime cases tend to be fascinating until you figure out what happened. — Bill James

It was easy to make fun of the marines when they weren't listening. In Holden's navy days, making fun of jarheads was as natural as cussing. But four marines had died getting him off the Donnager, and three of them had made a conscious decision to do so. Holden promised himself that he'd never make fun of them again. — James S.A. Corey

Sometimes when I try to make jokes or have a sense of humor in interviews, it doesn't go over very well. But Twitter made my life easier in this way that I didn't expect. It would have taken probably 10 times as long for people to accept my voice and my sense of humor if I didn't have Twitter. — Anna Kendrick

The slums of paradise are better than the mansions of Earth. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented. — Karen Kain

To settle for anything less than a true, glorious, exalted vision of God is utterly stupid and utterly sinful. — Stephen Altrogge

Know that all times are Holy, that every religion holds truth, that each tradition is sacred, and that it is in the simple sharing of love that we make our beliefs come alive, and our dreams come true. — Neale Donald Walsch

Ottolenghi sells lots of delicious sweet things, but my daily addiction is their unbelievable dark chocolate salted caramel biscuits. They're the best things in the world - I go through half a packet every night. I bring them out after pudding at dinner parties. — Trinny Woodall

I admire Calvin more than I do any of the Calvinists, Edwards included. — Marilynne Robinson