Harege Tong Quotes & Sayings

Those that would attain wisdom,
prefer the empty stadium.
Those who wish to appear wise,
prefer it full. — Tom Althouse

The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I loved that book, but I don't like to influence people from giving their honest opinions about a book before I tell them how they should've felt. Did you like it? — Kasie West

War has often been called a game, with good reason. Both have combatants. Both have sides. Both carry the risk of losing. — Samantha Shannon

One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality. — Kenneth Branagh

In Haiti, untitled rural and urban real estate holdings are together worth some 5.2 billion. To put that sum in context, it is four times the total of all the assets of all the legally operating companies in Haiti, nine times the value of all assets owned by the government, and 158 times the value of all foreign direct investment in Haiti's recorded history to 1995. — Hernando De Soto

I've always loved ... actually I didn't always love horror films. I started out and I only liked comedies and dramas. — Sam Raimi

He suspected that somewhere, somehow, this new technology was stupid or lazy. Some young engineer had taken a shortcut and failed to anticipate the consequences that he was suffering now. But because he didn't understand the technology, he had no way to know the nature of the failure or to take steps to correct it.
And so the goddamned lights made a victim of him, and there wasn't a goddamned thing he could do except go out and spend. — Jonathan Franzen

You can get what you want. It depends on the strength of your desire. — Lailah Gifty Akita

could we not conceive of a philosophy of existence linked, not solely to experiences of separation, forlornness, and profound melancholy, but also to feelings of hope and confidence? — Jean-Paul Sartre

In Sweden, stardom is looked upon as phony. You walk to the theater every day like everybody else. — Lena Olin