Istana Budaya Quotes & Sayings

These people were the first to master a new kind of late twentieth-century life. They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total self-sufficiency of lives which, needing nothing, were never disappointed. — J.G. Ballard

I hate to shop. I consider it one of life's necessary evils, like brussels sprouts and high-heeled shoes. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Through the ingenuousness of her age beamed an ardent mind, a mind not of the women but of the poet; she did not please, she intoxicated. — Alexandre Dumas

You know, as an only child, you're kind of in a bubble, and there are all sorts of things about my childhood that I still can't really place. — Penn Badgley

I worked very hard, but I think it's unfair to make it all sound like it's all David's fault. — Liza Minnelli

We must never fear robbers or murderers. They are dangers from outside, small dangers. It is ourselves we have to fear. Prejudice is the real robber, vice the real murderer. Why should we be troubled by a threat to our person or our pocket? What we have to beware of is the threat to our souls'. — Victor Hugo

It's ridiculous what I do. I can't believe in it - but I have to. — Damien Hirst

Eternity becomes more beautiful as we age, if we age well. If we age poorly, then we don't improve our minds; we don't refine all the aspects of our being. — Frederick Lenz

In a culture where life was short, decisions had to be made in a hurry. You would never have enough time, might never live to see the consequences of a wrong action - or a correct one. On Query, it was different. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.

It is more shameful to distrust one's friends than to be deceived by them — Francois De La Rochefoucauld