Intreagam Quotes & Sayings

I work by hand, with a fountain pen, in bound notebooks I buy in India. — Damon Galgut

Man is born an asocial and antisocial being. The newborn child is a savage. Egoism is his nature. Only the experience of life and the teachings of his parents, his brothers, sisters, playmates, and later of other people FORCE HIM to acknowledge the advantages of social cooperation and accordingly to change his behavior. — Ludwig Von Mises

History was interesting to the extent that it was catastrophic and, while that might make absorbing viewing, it made horrible living. — Isaac Asimov

I believe we have the potential to quadruple Australia's food exports to Asia. — Anthony Pratt

I guess we're all lucky to be in this profession where you can be someone else for two or three months on a film shoot. I find it restful. Vachement agreable. — Jean Dujardin

We are never at home, we are always beyond. Fear, desire, hope, project us toward the future and steal from us the consideration of what is, to busy us with what will be, even when we shall no longer be."
-from "Our feelings reach out beyond us — Michel De Montaigne

God can carry on his own work, though all such poor tools as I were broken. — Karen Swallow Prior

Did you ever look in the mirror And see a stranger standing there? Did you ever drive for miles and miles And wonder how on earth you got yourself there? — Justin Hayward

Most people would never admit it, but they'd been bitching since they were born. As soon as their head popped out into that bright delivery-room light, nothing had been right. Nothing had been as comfortable or felt so good. Just the effort it took to keep your stupid physical body alive, just finding food and cooking it and dishwashing, the keeping warm and bathing and sleeping, the walking and bowel movements and ingrown hairs, it was all getting to be too much work. — Chuck Palahniuk

Martinez is a devout Catholic. I knew that. What I didn't know was he brought along a small wooden cross. I'm sure NASA gave him shit about it, but I also know Martinez is one stubborn son of a bitch. — Andy Weir

The large blue unknown berry
tastes medicinal.
Am I poisoned? — Joanna McClure

I'm a happy guy. — Creed Bratton

You stab him. Not much, just a wee bit to get him to fuck off, — Limmy

How can you contribute towards building the Indian society and the Indian nation? No better way than to upgrade the quality of young people in school, particularly the schools which are run by the state government in the villages. — Azim Premji