Kianoosh Ayari Quotes & Sayings

An American has invented a remote control that will turn off any telly within a 20ft radius. What a marvellous device! What a splendid invention! What a really helpful and improving way of devoting your time to building something that turns off culture. Next week, I'm instigating Burn a Book Week, to encourage even more conversation. I've come up with a fantastic little device which I'll call a box of matches. — A.A. Gill

But the mere truth won't do. You must have a lawyer. — Charles Dickens

[A]dventures befall the unadventurous as readily, if not as frequently, as the bold. Adventures are a logical and reliable result - and have been since at least the time of Odysseus - of the fatal act of leaving one's home, or trying to return to it again. All adventures happen in that damned and magical space, wherever it may be found or chanced upon, which least resembles one's home. As soon as you have crossed your doorstep or the county line, into that place where the structures, laws, and conventions of your upbringing no longer apply, where the support and approval (but also the disapproval and repression) of your family and neighbors are not to be had: then you have entered into adventure, a place of sorrow, marvels, and regret. — Michael Chabon

If we meet somebody who has never made a mistake, lets help them start a religion. Until then, were just going to meet other humans and help to make each other better. — Gil Scott-Heron

Isn't it strange how we always seem to remember the trivial things from our daily lives ... yet we so often forget the most important ones? — Fabio Moon

Thank God I found my Chinaman in time. It's like being married to your little finger, but he's all mine. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Authenticity is what makes a relatable person believable. It is what makes the relatability sustainable. Anyone can fake relatability for a time, but authenticity is what makes it real. — Michele Jennae

I am not a rock star or a movie star; I'm a businessperson. I definitely know who my friends are. I'm much more open and trusting than, say, my daughter is. — Martha Stewart

In some European theaters, it's still not uncommon to have a late start and three LONG intermissions, because people actually eat and drink and converse during the intermissions. — Joe Bob Briggs

I pulled you from the snow, Tella. You couldn't even keep your eyes open.'
I roll my eyes to show him how well they work now. — Victoria Scott

I'll ride my bike all the stinkin' way to school for the rest of eternity if it means being with her.
-Bryce — Wendelin Van Draanen

Give, and thou shalt receive. Give thoughts of cheer,Of courage and success, to friend and stranger.And from a thousand sources, far and near,Strength will be sent thee in thy hour of danger. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually committed. — Ayn Rand

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man. — Alan Paton