Ilkka Kanerva Quotes & Sayings

In my third novel there is an actual black hole that swallows everything you love. — Jonathan Lethem

I'm not afraid to fail. I'm afraid to be mediocre. — Junior Seau

Set we forward; let
A Roman and a British ensign wave
Friendly together. So through Lud's town march,
And in the temple of the great Jupiter
Our peace we'll ratify, seal it with feasts.
Set on there! Never was a war did cease,
Ere bloody hands were washed, with such a peace. — William Shakespeare

To make the public sentiment, on the side of all that is just and true and noble, is the highest use of life. — Lucy Stone

Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption. — Rita Mae Brown

I honestly hate wearing makeup. — Kylie Jenner

I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to be very successful. And if for some reason they didn't, all the claims and the protestations and the excuses wouldn't make any difference. — John Engler

One of my opponents [Romney] recently said that it would take an act of God for me to win this primary. I agree with him. — Rick Santorum

I'm surrounded by friends and family who are not that impressed by celebrity. They don't have any problem telling me I'm acting like an idiot or I'm not that funny. — Paloma Faith

During 'Saturday Night Fever' at the end of the first act dance number I tried to perform a split-jump, only I can't do them so I ended up on my ass followed by the most unsightly backward roll out of it, followed by the cast falling over in laughter and a good portion of the audience too. — Adam Garcia

Giving and receiving are at bottom one thing, dependent on whether one lives open or closed. Living openly one becomes a medium, a transmitter; living thus, as a river, one experiences life to the full, flows along with the current of life, and dies in order to live again as an ocean. — Henry Miller

As an older and wiser man, I don't believe in luck. I believe in hard work and talent and determination. — Dexter Fletcher

Christians need to take the lead in educating people that children are gifts, as my autistic grandson most surely is. By going down the path we're currently on, we might one day get rid of genetic diseases, but only at the cost of our own humanity. — Charles Colson

I think like a detective. — Laurell K. Hamilton