Khaldoon Quotes & Sayings

I spit upon luxurious pleasures, not for their own sake, but because of the inconveniences that follow them. — Epicurus

By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication. — Ralph Ellison

Natural selection is almost always handled in general temps . This means that it has no explanatory power when specific problems arise. — Norman Macbeth

I held my bag open and he dropped Jenks inside.
"Hey!" the pixy protested, and then, "Tink's little pink dildo, Rache? Haven't you gotten rid of those condoms yet? They got a shelf life, you know. — Kim Harrison

Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. — Molly Ivins

Some folks think life and technology and mind can keep expanding forever. Others say it can't. We are still not clear on that. — Seth Lloyd

The ... arguments against photography ever being considered a fine art are: the element of chance which enters in, finding things ready-made for a machine to record, and of course the mechanics of the medium ... I say that chance enters into all branches of art: a chance word or phrase starts a new trend of thought in a writer, a chance sound may bring a new melody to a musician, a chance combination of lines, new composition to a painter ... Chance - which in reality is not chance - but being ready, attuned to one's surroundings - and grasp my opportunity ... — Edward Weston

What do I haveto help me, without spell or prayer,endure this hour, endless, heartless, anonymous,the death of love? — Carol Ann Duffy

Did you know that almost everybody has stuff in their life they don't like dealing with? And stuff they're scared of? — James L. Rubart

I am comfortable calling myself a writer of suspense, or a writer of thrillers; both terms are sort of interchangeable to me. I think that came from a sense of being at conflict with my true nature throughout my youth, and being afraid of discovery, and feeling as if I didn't belong. — Christopher Rice

History is something that never happened told by someone who wasn't there. — Ramon Gomez De La Serna

I'm meant to love you, no matter how you act, no matter what you do? I couldn't respect myself if I felt that way. — Gabrielle Zevin

Some people have theorized that I lurched to prove myself intellectually. But it was not any lurch. It was more a kind of awakening. — Jack Kemp