Khutabaa Quotes & Sayings

The world's a bubble, and the life of man, Less than a span. — Francis Bacon

To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision. — Simone De Beauvoir

The first time I heard that kind of pain, my mother's pain, something held me back. I'll tell you it was the hook-briar which held me fast. I'll show you the scars. But in the night, before the dreams come, a voice whispers to me that it was fear that held me back, terror that rooted me in the briar, safe while I watched them die. Another — Mark Lawrence

If there's any chance of salvaging things between us - and I must be crazy to even consider that - you need to start off with a huge apology," I stated without preamble.
His arms folded across his chest. With that stunning jewel-encrusted coat adding to his already commanding presence, I felt like I'd somehow shrunk several feet, but I refused to be cowed. I stood straighter and began to tap my foot.
He glanced down. "Is that supposed to intimidate me?" he asked, his voice edged with satin-covered steel. — Jeaniene Frost

Life is so transient and ephemeral; we will not be here after a breath. So think better, think deeply, think with kindness, and write it with love so that it may live a little longer. — Debasish Mridha

She was richer in those dreams than in realities; for things seen pass away, but the things that are unseen are eternal. — L.M. Montgomery

Bhutto brought up the coup in Afghanistan, which has resulted in deposing the country's monarchy and replacing it with a republic under a nationalist cousin of the king. Kissinger said he had discussed the matter with the Soviet Ambassador. "I told him if the recent coup in Afghanistan remained an internal Afghan affair, that would be one matter" he said, "but if it resurrected the Pashtunistan dispute, the U.S. would be engaged. This is the basic policy of the president. — Husain Haqqani

The form a city assumes as it evolves over time owes more to large-scale works of civil engineering - what we now call infrastructure - than almost any other factor save topography. — Martin Filler

If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss. — Kathie Lee Gifford

I was able to pitch a tent and carry a backpack twenty-five miles a day through mountains - I'd mastered a thousand amazing physical feats - physically I'd become undeniably confident and capable - but physical weakness had never been the problem that I had. My true problem had been passivity, the lifelong-conditioned submission that became my nature. — Aspen Matis

Online, everyone - the artist and the curator, the master and the apprentice, the expert and the amateur - has the ability to contribute something. — Austin Kleon

I think the hallmark of a really good entrepreneur is that you're not really going to build one specific company. The goal - at least the way I think about entrepreneurship - is you realize one day that you can't really work for anyone else. You have to start your own thing. It almost doesn't matter what that thing is. — Max Levchin

It's the face and the body and the thing that we hide inside that can keep us from the world, but my voice is my voice. — Idina Menzel