Ironik Tiny Quotes & Sayings

I'll have you know that the most delicate flowers often produce the strongest scent when crushed. — Maria V. Snyder

The water of life was given to us to make us see for a while that we are more nearly men and women, more nearly kind and gentle and generous, pleasanter and stronger than without its vision there is any evidence we are. — Bernard DeVoto

We feel of the great world that it is simply there, something for the lucky ones among us to explore, and then only at the edges. It never occurs to us that we might make some contribution to it ourselves. And that is why we miss everything. When we land at a place like London airport we are concerned only not to appear foolish. It is more beautiful and more complex than anything we could have dreamed of, but we are concerned only to let people see that we can manage and are not overawed. — V.S. Naipaul

The academic mind reflects infinity, and is full of light by the simple process of being shallow and standing still. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

The key is to do your own work. — Kyle Bass

My main calling in life is to seek and achieve spiritual balance, and to express that through my instrument. Everything else is here today, gone later today. — Steve Vai

Erase from your vocabulary the word "someday." Do not save things for "special occasions." Take into account the fact that every day is special. Every day is a gift that we must appreciate and be thankful for. Wear your attractive clothes, wear your nice perfume, use your fine silverware and dishes, and drink from your expensive crystal glasses ... just because. Live every day to the fullest and savor every minute of it. — Rodolfo Costa

Germany is a nation that created an enormous amount of suffering on the planet. The German people also themselves have suffered, because it always goes together. — Eckhart Tolle

In the school suggestion box, brought out at times, Sting put in a scrap of notepaper advising the authorities to ban the 'slipper', advising everyone to wrap rags around their feet. — James Berryman

Thoughtful men must feel that the fate of civilization upon this continent is involved in the issue of our contest. Among the most satisfying proofs of this conviction is the hearty devotion everywhere exhibited by our schools and colleges to the national cause. — Abraham Lincoln

This is the pedagogical paradox. The person and the teacher is required precisely because the knowledge itself is nontransferable from teacher to student. — Rebecca Goldstein

I know Diplo knows a lot about underground music culture - he was one of the people to put me onto music like that when I used to listen to the Mad Decent Mixes. It was like, 'Oh, he knows what I want.' — Kreayshawn