Kirilli Quotes & Sayings

Read everything and be kind. — Penn Jillette

Now, a third and final trait, one which, in my eyes, best describes socialists of all schools and shades, is a profound opposition to personal liberty and scorn for individual reason, a complete contempt for the individual. They unceasingly attempt to mutilate, to curtail, to obstruct personal freedom in any and all ways. They hold that the State must not only act as the director of society, but must further be master of each man, and not only master, but keeper and trainer. ["Excellent."] For fear of allowing him to err, the State must place itself forever by his side, above him, around him, better to guide him, to maintain him, in a word, to confine him. They call, in fact, for the forfeiture, to a greater or less degree, of human liberty, [Further signs of assent.] to the point where, were I to attempt to sum up what socialism is, I would say that it was simply a new system of serfdom. — Tocqueville

Yes; and remember that two-legged crocodiles are more dangerous that the others. — Alexandre Dumas

Was enough to actually turn you into what you had to be. — J.R. Ward

Referring to Palestinian refugees: We must do everything in our power to ensure that they never return. — David Ben-Gurion

There were certain areas in the country where I couldn't go without being stopped and asked for autographs and pictures for years. — Tyler Perry

The stupidity of one's own colleagues makes life simpler. — Stephen King

Talking about a materialistic thing, I get about 13 times more royalties from Europe than I do from America. — Elliott Carter

What does it mean for a civilisation to be a million years old? We have had radio telescopes and spaceships for a few decades; our technical civilisation is a few hundred years old ... an advanced civilisation millions of years old is as much beyond us as we are beyond a bushbaby or a macaque — Carl Sagan

The act of vagabonding is not an isolated trend so much as it is a spectral connection between people long separated by place and time, but somehow speaking the same language. — Rolf Potts

Any useful logic must concern itself with Ideas with a fringe of vagueness and a Truth that is a matter of degree. — Norbert Wiener

A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas surround the world's ignorance and press for admission. — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

Until the mid-1500s, priests were allowed to marry and amass wealth and land just like anyone else; such property passed to a priest's wife and children upon his death. But starting in 1563, married priests were restricted from saying mass. This policy change, in effect, stopped priests from marrying, so upon their death, any wealth they had was passed to the church. — Kathy Baldock

Ever since I lost Maya in the forest, I hated magic. It swallowed
people whole the way it swallowed my sister. Instead of leaving me a body to mourn, the Otherworld had left me with a chest full of caution and a string of nightmares. — Roshani Chokshi

I have declared that I will work free of cost with those composers who are passionate about their work. Sohail Sen is one such lad, whose music in Banjaara has been liked a lot. — Sukhwinder Singh

He's talking to rocks now," Kernel says.
"A definite lunatic," Kirilli purrs. — Darren Shan