Kubukaev Quotes & Sayings

Remember the Hottentots?" asked James. "They've become the Khoi now, which means that the Germans will have to retire that wonderful word of theirs, Hottentotenpotentatenstantenattentater, which means, as you know, one who attacks the aunt of a Hottentot potentate. — Alexander McCall Smith

The richest people in the world aren't particularly smart or happy. And the happiest people in the world aren't particularly smart or rich. ... That leaves me making music. But we can't talk about that. — Frank Zappa

I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall. — Patricia MacLachlan

I definitely am concerned with preservation. For me, what's interesting is the archival state, or how long oil paintings last. — Lucien Smith

I never paid you a compliment, Rachel, in my life. Successful love may sometimes use the language of flattery, I admit. But hopeless love, dearest, always speaks the truth. — Wilkie Collins

17But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. — Anonymous

I don't mean to pry, but saving people is my calling. Yours vigilantly,
The Masked Avenger — Craig Silvey

Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness. — Helen Keller

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old one leaves. — Bill Vaughan

And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead. [last words] — Nicolas Chamfort

Remember this rule forever!


Two or three... play... and in the end one die. — Deyth Banger

The commitment of marriage can frequently arouse some rather peculiar behaviour in men and women alike, but the bizarre notion that one can change the character of one's mate seems to occur more often to women than to men. — Alan Jay Lerner

Her body poised with the tension of a wild animal, ready to pounce - or to flee. So beautiful, he thought. As he voiced the words, she faded away, and his world returned to blackness. — India Drummond

I think that women are wonderful but I've never met one yet who didn't show more feeling than logic. — Hermann Goring