Machitos Quotes & Sayings

Is there anything more tedious than the often repeated tales of the old and forgetful? — Charles Caleb Colton

The microprocessor is a miracle. — Bill Gates

I don't get much career advice at all, and I would like some. — Jessica Valenti

We cried because we had lost something and gained something else. And because it hurt both losing and gaining. And because we knew what we had lost but weren't as yet able to put into words what it was we had gained. — Janne Teller

America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it. — Ernest Gellner

As for those who think the Arab world promises freedom, the briefest study of its routine traditional treatment of blacks (slavery) and women (purdah) will provide relief from all illusion. If Malcolm X had been a black woman his last message to the world would have been entirely different. The brotherhood of Moslem men-all colors-may exist there, but part of the glue that holds them together is the thorough suppression of women. — Alice Walker

After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. — Shirley Jones

We know it is impossible to go on finding, moving and wasting oil, leveling forests, paving land, dumping poisons, and multiplying our numbers. A new way of life, a new set of thoughts must be found. — Donella Meadows

More humans should acquire the quality of the turtle. He makes more progress only when he sticks his neck out. — Mitch Kynock

Nature is the first tutor. No one remains untouched or unschooled by the earth, seasons, and heavens. — Kay Redfield Jamison

I drink a lot of water and I never leave the house without putting on moisturizer and lip gloss. — Faith Hill

It pleased him to see that things, and not only people, suffered the wear and tear of age. [53 yr old Inspector Bordelli's view] — Marco Vichi

No one is ever completely right about anything. Anywhere. — Matt Haig

I just had a crazy, wild imagination all my life, and science fiction is the greatest outlet for me. — Steven Spielberg