Kureishi Summary Quotes & Sayings

Make your next move your best move. — K'wan

Aspiration lifts the life; groveling lowers it. When we are striving for excellence in everything we do the entire life grows and expands, but if we allow our standards to drop, there is a natural progression that follows, a tendency for a downward effort in all that we do thereafter. — Orison Swett Marden

Look up the word role in the dictionary and you'll see it means playing a part. That's why I call myself a real model. — Shaquille O'Neal

The same is true when you drink a cup of tea: if you're concentrated and you focus your attention on the cup of tea, then the cup of tea becomes a great joy. — Thich Nhat Hanh

I've had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it. — Rose Kennedy

vowing himself to "just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty." After — Philip Roth

Sex is my practice. It's where I always strive to be my best self. I try to be as honest as possible, as present as possible, as centered as possible, as kind as possible, as generous as possible without being a doormat. — Nina Hartley

Free societies ... are societies in motion, and with motion comes tension, dissent, friction. Free people strike sparks, and those sparks are the best evidence of freedom's existence. — Salman Rushdie

When honor and the Law no longer stand on the same side of the line, how do we choose[?] — Anne Bishop

Broken Wings Don't break a bird's wings and then tell it to fly. Don't break a heart and then tell it to love. Don't break a soul and then tell it to be happy. Don't see the worst in a person and expect them to see the best in you. Don't judge people and expect them to stand by your side. Don't play with fire and expect to stay perfectly safe. Life is about giving and taking. You cannot expect to give bad and receive good. You cannot expect to give good and receive bad. Does it happen? Yes, but don't make that an excuse for you to keep doing what you know is wrong. Don't blame life for what you do. That is so selfish and ignorant on your behalf. — Najwa Zebian

Being right is not too difficult. Your choose your perception. You select your information. You leave out what does not suit you. You drag in some general-purpose value words. You throw in a sneer or two about the opposition, and you are a fine fellow who made a fine speech. — Edward De Bono

The bar on business communication is set so low that there are almost no entry-level requirements other than being a living human being — Mark Bowden

It's ridiculous for a country to get all worked up about a game - except the Super Bowl, of course. Now that's important. — Andy Rooney

Traveling with a big band is like being an inmate in a traveling zoo. — Hoagy Carmichael

Every man is a moon and has a side which he turns toward nobody: you have to slip around behind it if you want to see it. — Mark Twain