Kalnins Peter Quotes & Sayings

No one will ever know what manifold difficulties I've had to overcome in order to bring to a conclusion this first part of my chronicle. In certain dreams you feel leaden, numb, paralyzed, incapable of moving even though frightful and ferocious enemies are closing in on you. A constraint, curb, impediment of this order were a constant obstacle to the, oh, so very long and arduous composition of this work. And yet with every one of these stories the fact of having committed it to writing relieved me of a genuine millstone. My only regret is not to have completely unburdened myself. I'm still sadly short of reaching that target. — Jacques Yonnet

I never blame failure - there are too many complicated situations in life - but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort. — F Scott Fitzgerald

So many policy decisions that effect musicians are being made without any input from musicians at all. — Erin McKeown

The past reappears because it is a hidden present. — Octavio Paz

People can have great riches, but without honesty, they never have true respect.
People can have abundant love, but without honesty, they never have real trust.
People can have many friends, but without honesty, they never have loyalty.
People can have sharp minds, but without honesty, they never have admiration.
People can have fame, but without honesty, they never have honor.
Without honesty, a person's light may flicker, but it will never truly shine.
Without honesty, people are left with only lies. — Donald L. Hicks

The Hellish and dismal cloud of ... Coal ... perpetually imminent over (London) ... that her inhabitants breathe nothing but impure and thick mist ... corrupting the lungs and disordering the entire habit of their bodies; so the Catarrhs, ... Cough, and Consumption, range more in this one City, than in the whole Earth besides. — John Evelyn

I'm sure that my father becoming seriously ill when I was 14 had a lot to do with my going from chubby to fat. — Rafe Spall

The competition between the two forces can be succinctly expressed as follows: Within groups selfish individuals beat altruistic individuals, but groups of altruists beat groups of selfish individuals. Or, risking oversimplification, individual selection promoted sin, while group selection promoted virtue. — Edward O. Wilson

Shakespeare is just some bloke who keeps ranting "what light trough yonder window breaks" its the moon for god sakes! — Louise Rennison

I didn't even know I was lost until you found me.I didn't know what alone was until the first night I spent without you in my bed. You're the one thing I've got right. You've what I've been waiting for, Pigeon. — Jamie McGuire

Speaking of bones recalls an ugly custom of theirs, now obsolete - that of making fish-hooks and gimlets out of those of their enemies. This beats the Scandinavians turning people's skulls into cups and saucers. But — Herman Melville