Hiset Quotes & Sayings

Men are able to assist fortune but not to thwart her. They can weave her designs, but they cannot destroy them. — Niccolo Machiavelli

To me, every episode is like a song, and every season is like an album. There's that part of the day when you first get the idea and you say, "This could be really funny." And you sit down and you write it. There's just something that happens there that doesn't happen when you really give it a lot of time beforehand. — Trey Parker

Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he must have a strong sense of the sardonic. This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions. The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself. Without this quality, even occasional greatness will destroy a man. — Frank Herbert

I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused. — Graham Greene

The secret of endurance is to remember that your pain is temporary but your reward will be eternal. — Rick Warren

An almost eerie quiet hung over Washington; it had been that way ever since the British left. Pennsylvania Avenue stood broad and empty, with Joe Gales's type still scattered over the 7th Street intersection. General Ross's horse still lay, legs stiff in death, outside the ruins of Robert Sewall's house. The rubble of the Capitol still smoldered quietly in the sun. — Walter Lord

With the muscles of our body, we can lift and move heavy things. With the muscle of integrity, we can turn intention into powerful action. That's how we can earn trust from our conscience, and can truly believe in ourselves. — Ilchi Lee

Life seems to be fashioned and formed best out of the obstacles that seem unbearable. — John Paul Warren

It had very punctual prophets. You could set your calendar by them, if you had one big enough. — Terry Pratchett

One can disintegrate the world by means of very strong light. For weak eyes the world becomes solid, for still weaker eyes it seems to develop fists, for eyes weaker still it becomes shamefaced and smashes anyone who dares to gaze upon it. — Franz Kafka

My favorite thing to do is ride a bicycle. I ride road bikes. And for me, it's mobile meditation. — Robin Williams

Sexy means loving someone you do not know. — Jhumpa Lahiri

This is how I want to be at the end of my life, white-haired, red-cheeked, with a radiant intelligence evident in clear bright eyes. — Susan Brind Morrow