Hambleton Quotes & Sayings

I worked, long ago, in New York City, in construction, like many young men of the Mohawk Nation. I found that whites were often like us, and I could not hate them one at a time. But they do not know the earth or love it. They do not speak from the heart, usually. They do not act from the heart. They are more like the actors on the movie screen. They play roles. And their leaders are not like our leaders. They are not chosen for virtue, but for their skill at playing roles. Whites have told me this, in plain words. They do not trust their leaders, and yet they follow them. When we do not trust a leader, he is finished. Then, also, the leaders of the whites have too much power. It is bad for a man to be obeyed too often. But the worst thing is what I have said about the heart. Their leaders have lost it and they have lost mercy. They speak from somewhere else. They act from somewhere else. But from where? Like you, I do not know. It is, I think, a kind of insanity. — Robert Anton Wilson

With Will Shakespeare writing your government's propaganda, you can't go wrong, can you? — Peter Hambleton

Tolkien didn't just write 'The Hobbit,' he created a whole world. — Peter Hambleton

When two kids came along, I couldn't see how I could support them. The way it played out, I was away from the theatre for five years. I was a postie for the first part and then worked as an advertising copywriter, but I somehow found my way back. — Peter Hambleton

Falling in love is easy, staying in love is hard. Dedicated to all those who have stayed in love. — Emma Chase

Whenever a Kurd wants to measure the depth of some foreign leader's commitment to Kurdish autonomy, he listens for one particular word. That word is 'federal.' Anyone who will say he favors Kurdish federalism can be counted a friend of the Kurds. — Timothy Noah

If you want to know the value of a year, ask the student who was in the final year of his university education, when the lecturers went on strike and the school ended up closing for a year. — Sunday Adelaja

The film business has so many twists and turns that it's a miracle any film gets made. — Peter Hambleton

In the traditional Ikebana things always have to be asymmetrical, because in this they look more natural and balanced. — Camille Henrot

I bought an Apple iPad and it was out of date sooner than a real apple would have been. We — Karl Pilkington

I love Scotland. Edinburgh is a beautiful city and has a wonderful tradition of supporting the arts. — Peter Hambleton

Today in the early Twenty-First Century, we Americans are once again faced with the same basic choice: liberty or tyranny, freedom or servitude. However, the attitude of far too many Americans towards our problems is one of both ignorance and apathy: "I don't know and I don't care. — Chris Hambleton

Nether Hambleton and Middle Hambleton — Bill Bryson

Dwarves are very much of the earth and feel connected to the earth; considering gravity, their weight is low, but they're not small. — Peter Hambleton

I'm a New Zealand actor, and I really want to be doing our stuff here, and our stuff includes plays from overseas. In terms of survival, maybe I should have taken a shot elsewhere at some point, but it gets back to the same theme - we should have our own people telling our own stories. — Peter Hambleton

Oh, if Plato could see me now ! Aristotle, traveler of time! — James Dashner

I take six or seven years to write really small books. There is a kind of aesthetic of leanness, of brevity. — Mohsin Hamid

Apparently, Stephen Hunter does a fantastic barbecue lamb. — Peter Hambleton

Everybody think they're famous when they get 100,000 followers on Instagram and 5,000 on Twitter. — Meek Mill

Abstract knowledge is not enough. At the end of the day, it's about how one reacts to circumstances in an extreme real-time situation. — Boaz Lavie

Kadin raised an eyebrow and gave Rob a knowing look. Then he tapped Gregory on the shoulder and said, "It's not that bad. It could be worse."
Gregory shrugged. "I guess I expect too much. All the decent hotels are gone now."
Rob was carrying a delicate white orchid that had been carefully arranged in a low Imari dish. They never visited empty-handed. If it wasn't a special gold box of Gregory's favorite chocolate, it was a small, fine trinket from the antique shop. He placed the arrangement beside Gregory and said, "This is for you. I hope you like orchids. — Ryan Field

Why had I been so afraid? I had not loved enough. I'd been busy, busy, so busy, preparing for life, while life floated by me, quiet and swift as a regatta ... I had had all my time, all my chances. I could never do it again, never make it right. I had not loved enough ... I had not passed up all my chances to give love or receive it, and I had the future, at least, to try to do better. — Lorene Cary