Komarovi Quotes & Sayings

We do live in an unsafe world. That's the truth. I'm dealing with that now, with my seven-year-old. He's grappling with the fact that the world is unsafe, and that there are people who do harmful things. I don't think there's anything wrong with presenting that idea. We can't lie to our children and pretend that the world is perfect, and everybody's happy, and everybody's out there to do good. It's just part of a bigger conversation. — Gwyneth Paltrow

The Buddha over and over again spoke clearly and definitely on post-mortem states - as in his conversation with Vasetta. — Annie Besant

One of the most common mistakes people make in any conversation is to think about what they want to say next instead of actually listening to what the other person is saying. — Max Weiss

I always look at things half full and definitely see a change in how things are going as far as black actresses and their opportunities. — Kimberly Elise

Tea and mangas instead of coffee and newspapers: something elegant and enchanting, instead of adult power struggles and their sad aggressiveness. — Muriel Barbery

We're in Sarah Palin's 'targeted' list, but the thing is that the way she has it depicted, we're in the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they've got to realize that there are consequences to that action. — Gabrielle Giffords

[A writer] cannot serve today those who make history; he must serve those who are subject to it. — Albert Camus

A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a City, and yet be forced to surrender it - this was the wise saying of Sir Thomas Browne. — A.S. Byatt

God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may. — Teresa Of Avila

Tolerating somebody else's beliefs is not failing to criticize them. It's not persecuting them for having those beliefs. That is absolutely important. You should not persecute people for their beliefs. It doesn't mean you can't criticize their beliefs. — Colin McGinn