Lmne Prala Quotes & Sayings

If youth but knew; if age but could. — Henri Estienne

We live a life of privilege. That doesn't mean we can literally switch off these women, whose only fault was being born in the Congo during civil war. We need to bear witness. — Maria Semple

People get used to more complex forms of entertainment, and they become bored by simpler forms. Television has become more complex in order to feed our demand. — Alex Tabarrok

You may lie with your mouth, but with the mouth you make as you do so you none the less tell the truth. — Friedrich Nietzsche

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently — Rajneesh

Stories were a living thing. They changed to suit the teller or the times. — Sandra Dallas

Events, once happened, lose reality, alter with a glance, a storm, a night. In time, the past never happened. But who could know? Who could know that the past is not as solid as this instant ... — Alan Lightman

The true fruit of travel is perhaps the feeling of being nearly everywhere at home. — Freya Stark

Ugh, I swear I'd rather stab myself in the eye with a spoon repeatedly than be nice to some idiot, which means pretty much anyone I come in contact with. Damn, I'd be stabbing my eye a lot. — Quinn Loftis

You need a strong sense of 'otherness' to be able to create in your life. — Amos Lee

Drawn by conceit from reason's plan
How vain is that poor creature man;
How pleas'd in ev'ry paltry elf
To grate about that thing himself. — Charles Churchill

Women without men are usually nervous ... The important thing is to have a man, even if you just like him. Pleasing him, you will please yourself. — Sheilah Graham Westbrook

My train was late that day. the day I saw you drop your notebook. Had it been on schedule we never would have met. Maybe we were never meant to. — Erin Morgenstern

The simple circumstantial narrative (did such a narrative exist) of the ruin of a single town, of the misfortunes of a single family, might exhibit an interesting and instructive picture of human manners; but the tedious repetition of vague and declamatory complaints would fatigue the attention of the most patient reader. — Edward Gibbon