Liegl Obituary Quotes & Sayings

The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman. — Roald Dahl

Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in. — Peter Medawar

Any strong Muslim regime that threatens Israel, and we did. He said the Americans only want oil, and, of course, Iraq has the second-largest reserves. And he said that we will always replace God's law with manmade law. And finally that we intended to occupy and destroy Islamic sanctities. And I suspect that in our government, very few people knew that Iraq was the second-holiest place in Islam, after the Arabian Peninsula. — Michael Scheuer

I graduated from college in Ohio and bummed around for a while, and then I joined VISTA, which was a domestic Peace Corps kind of thing, and they sent me to Colorado. — Mojo Nixon

I felt a little lost between the blue and white of the sky and the monotony of the colors around me- the sticky black of the tar, the dull black of all the clothes, and the shiny black of the hearse. — Albert Camus

And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool. — Dan Aykroyd

This is how we cultivate determination: we veer but then, realizing we've veered, we make an effort to get back to the path. — Peter Doobinin

Those who refuse to reform may not make mistakes, but they will be blamed for not assuming their historical responsibility. — Li Keqiang

How infuriating it is to be continually born to war that continues one's whole lifetime, even as one protests it - what futility. It is perhaps a more public epic in this regard, and carries a ritual vocalization. — Anne Waldman