Kaperdagene Quotes & Sayings

I wore my suit and the polka-dot tie. As soon as I spotted Malta Kano, I tried to walk in her direction, but the crowd kept getting in my way. By the time I reached the bar, she was gone. The tropical drink stood there on the bar, in front of her now empty stool. I took the next seat at the bar and ordered a scotch on the rocks. The bartender asked me what kind of scotch I'd like, and I answered Cutty Sark. I really didn't care which brand of scotch he served me, but Cutty Sark was the first thing that came to mind. — Haruki Murakami

Sometimes you have to be forced away from your work to realize you've made too much of it, to remember it doesn't define you. — Rachel Held Evans

We act, we behave, and we feel the vibration that we're in at the present time according to what we consider our self image to be. And we do not deviate from that pattern. The image you hold of yourself is a premise, a foundation (idea) on which your entire personality is built. This image, not only controls your behavior but your circumstances as well. — Maxwell Maltz

Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and it's such a vamp and, I think it's a death trap. — Daniel Berrigan

I said: "Dead end - quiet, restful, like your town. I like a town like this." Marlowe (talking about Olympia) in a short story called Goldfish. — Raymond Chandler

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them. — Denis Diderot

Competition for status is a zero sum game — Richard Layard, Baron Layard

We were wonderful, but we were not flawless. We knew excellence because we knew failure. We were human beings. — Daniel Black

Today, if you look at financial systems around the globe, more than half the population of the world - out of six billion people, more than three billion - do not qualify to take out a loan from a bank. This is a shame. — Muhammad Yunus

As any war veteran will tell you, there is a vast difference between preparing for battle and actually facing battle for the first time. You can be told that reading Victor Hugo will sap your will to live, but you can't understand what it means until you've read a few chapters and your eyes are glazed over and someone has to revive you with a defibrillator. — Kevin Hearne

The love of minds should last beyond lives. — Don DeLillo

If you lose your integrity, you've lost everything. — Larry Gelwix

I love writing for dancers. You don't have to worry about the lyrics. I think to write words without music must be so frustrating. It must be always be so good, so perfect. — Nellie McKay

Racial profiling has to stop. — Bobby Rush

Good?" said Megan. "Just good? Oh, no, Keegan — Regina Duke