Haffkine Research Quotes & Sayings

What triggers a poem for me is not the same as what triggers an essay. My mind is geared to looking for, or to watching out for, the image that attracts my attention or the phrase or the strange juxtaposition that strikes me bodily, or an odd question or supposition. — Pattiann Rogers

A lot of nonsense is spoken at funerals, especially when the deceased had not been well liked in life. Many euphemisms are called into play: "vital," "energetic," and (repetitively) "full of life. — G.M. Malliet

When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin. — Mel Brooks

Propulsion, spewing out smoke, and three-wheeler taxis, — Edmund De Waal

Self-love, self-respect, self-approval, and self-worth do not equal self-ish. — Mandy Hale

Plot and character are virtually the same thing. — Daniel Keys Moran

There is a path one takes when moving toward destruction. Like someone who has
one drink on a Friday night, and two the next, only to gradually and completely lose
control — Nicholas Sparks

Holly, I understand that you are upset because Gemma pulled down your ants, but why did you think pouring motor oil inside her backpack is the way to solve the problem? — Wendelin Van Draanen

Newspapers might have as much to do in shaping the course of public events as politicians, — David Halberstam

It seems that boredom is one of the greatest discoveries of our time. If so, there's no question but that he must be considered a pioneer. — Luchino Visconti

America is the only nation in history which, miraculously, has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilisation. — Georges Clemenceau

Gentlemen, we have run out of money. It's time to start thinking. — Ernest Rutherford

I love the entire ritual of getting dressed. When we do a fashion show, we try to send out a message; we couldn't do that without the hair and makeup. The whole is equal to the sum of its parts. — Marc Jacobs