Lafz Quotes & Sayings

The world is a courtroom, but your life is the judge. — Uche Okafor

The only time I got the absolute most insanely nervous in my life was at the Olympic trials, because archery is a horrible spectator sport. Nobody goes and watches an archery tournament. Because the targets are three-quarters of a football field away. Who can tell who's winning? You can't even see your own target from where you are. — Geena Davis

PCMCIA - People can't memorize computer industries acronyms — Andy Grove

When I joined in 1990, as they say in the sport of sailing, Puma was in the doldrums. It was a difficult time, and Puma had gone to sleep. — Jochen Zeitz

Sometimes it was easier to stay and suffer for the short term than to have a permanent scar reminding you of the past. — Peter Monn

I was at a luncheon; and some cameras were trained on us. I don't know whether they were for television or not. You know how little I know about cameras. — June Allyson

The best approach is to write a narrative, "slice of life" essay where you focus on a smaller incident, event or moment, and then expand the essay to share what you learned from it. — Janine Robinson

UNESCO provides protection for the great cultural institutions. There is something called the intangible cultural heritage list. And the Italians want to put Neapolitan pizza on it. But in order to do that, you have to show that whatever it is that you're trying to protect is under threat. And pizza is totally under threat from Pizza Hut and Domino's. — Peter Sagal

Only mass education, he used to say, would free my people, arguing that an educated man could not be oppressed because he could think for himself. — Nelson Mandela

For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work. — Doug Larsen

How awful for you! By the looks of it, you've developed a soul. — Yevgeny Zamyatin

As nice as his touch was, it's not what lingers with me while I work. It's his words. Two words I tried to shut out, but they cling to me.
What if echoes in my head as I hunt.
What if haunts me through the Narrows.
What if follows me home. — Victoria Schwab

I never meant to be a full-time poet: I started out as a gardener, an ideal job for a poet because your head is left free. — Alice Oswald

Most people work at keeping their job, rather than doing a good job. If you're the former, you're leading a meaningless life. If you're the latter, keep up the good work. — George Lois