Kelis And Nas Quotes & Sayings

We battled in secret, undeclared, and after a while I no longer fought back because I never won. The only defense was flight, invisibility. — Margaret Atwood

I know, indeed, of nothing more subtly satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does not come with money, nor does it flow from fine physical state. It cannot be brought. But it is the keenest joy, after all; and the toiler's truest and best reward. — William Dean Howells

Science in England, in America, is jealous of theory, hates the name of love and moral purpose. There's revenge for this humanity.What manner of man does science make? The boy is not attracted. He says, I do not wish to be such a kind of man as my professor is. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I had always been a fan of Nas, but I never met him. This is the one guy in the industry who's, like, the phantom rapper. — Kelis

The one thing I think we learned this year is that the Democrats and the Republicans are completely worthless. — Lewis Black

There is a field where all wonderful perfections of microscope and telescope fail, all exquisite niceties of weights and measures, as well as that which is behind them, the keen and driving power of the mind. No facts however indubitably detected, no effort of reason however magnificently maintained, can prove that Bach's music is beautiful. — Edith Hamilton

A writer's work is never done, unless he or she has no readers. — K. Sean Harris

I was only going to stay six months. I stayed three years, and I never stopped thinking about leaving. But when I left, I left my entire life behind. I have to explain to you why I no longer live in New York, but first I have to explain to myself why I stayed so long. — Eula Biss

Aloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone. — Vernon Howard