Karinthy Sz Nh Z Quotes & Sayings

It's not that there is more stupidity. It just has more intrusive ways of presenting itself. It used to be, you could be near an idiot and you wouldn't know it. With today's advances, that's less likely. — Tom Levine

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress. — Marilyn Monroe

I liked reading and working out my ideas in the midst of that endless crowd walking in and out of the (library) looking for something. I, too, was seeking fame and fortune by sitting at the end of a long golden table next to the sets of American authors on the open shelves. — Alfred Kazin

If he thinks he can "STEP IT UP" in games, he needs to start stepping it up in practice. The athletes that have peak performances on a consistent basis are the athletes that don't change their intensity and focus from practice to games. They go all out in practice to make practice more game-like, so that they can make the games more practice-like. — Brian Cain

Solution?"
"Stop Kavinsky."
They eyed each other.
"I don't suppose," Gansey said slowly, "that we could just ask him nicely."
"Hey, Churchill tried to negotiate with Hitler."
Gansey frowned. "Did he?"
"Probably. — Maggie Stiefvater

If you want to understand how a lion hunts, don't go to the zoo. Go to the jungle. — Jim Stengel

Have never seen that her religion made any difference in her dress. — George Eliot

Our country has had a hard time learning that lesson with energy. — Mac Thornberry

The wrong action done at the wrong time spells disaster The right action done at the wrong time spells resistance The wrong action done at the right time spells mistake but The right action done at the right time spells a miracle — John C. Maxwell

White people are potential humans - they haven't evolved yet. — Louis Farrakhan

I wasn't bullied in high school, I was just ignored. — Gerard Way

I began with the desire to speak with the dead. — Stephen Greenblatt

A common objection to inherited wealth is that it stifles the urge to work. I have not generally observed this to be true. — Louis Auchincloss

Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see. — George V. Higgins