Jeribe Quotes & Sayings

It is a terrible thing to be happy! How pleased we are with it! How all-sufficient we think it! How, being in possession of the false aim of life, happiness, we forget the true aim, duty! — Victor Hugo

There is no more desire to live past one's time than to die before it. — Isaac Asimov

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. — Auguste Rodin

I find it an absolute pleasure to read travel guides, especially the Michelin guides, and their description of places I know I'll probably never visit. I spend a large part of my life reading descriptions of restaurants. — Michel Houellebecq

Back now to the mountain!" cried Thorin. "We have little time to lose." "And little food to use!" cried Bilbo, always practical on such points. In any case he felt that the adventure was, properly speaking, over with the death of the dragon. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Available energy is the main object at stake in the struggle for existence and the evolution of the world. — Ludwig Boltzmann

There were certain things that had to be done, and if done at all, done handsomely and thoroughly; and one of these, in the old New York code, was the tribal rally around a kinswoman about to be eliminated from the tribe. — Edith Wharton

I was always in the right place at the right time, always willing to take advantage of an opportunity. — Frank Abagnale

Maybe he and I really are perfect for each other. — Tahereh Mafi

Becca ~ Do something! she cried. Can't you build a wall of ice, or ... -
Chris ~ Are you kidding? he said. I'm not an X-Man! — Brigid Kemmerer

What is motherhood save Nature in her most gladsome mood? — Honore De Balzac

Charly Cruz asked him if he liked Spike Lee. Yes, said Fate, although he didn't really.
"He seems Mexican," said Charly Cruz.
"Maybe," said Fate. "That's an interesting way to look at it."
"And what about Woody Allen?"
"I like him," said Fate.
"He seems Mexican too ... — Roberto Bolano

The essence of any religion is good heart. Sometimes I call love and compassion a universal religion. This is my religion. — Dalai Lama