Maddamsir Quotes & Sayings

More and more I feel like the boy who cut off his nose to spite his face. — Holly Black

Everyday, Jay would sit under a giant elm tree and imagine the adventures his life might bring. — Ilchi Lee

That overachieving, ambitious, nobody-can-hold-me-down attitude I had, which came from a place of anger and aggression, has transformed into feeling like I will take on the world, but I will do it with an embrace, rather than with my dukes up. — Christina Aguilera

It may be better to live under robber barons than omnipotent moral busybodies. — C.S. Lewis

The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them. — Ralph Bakshi

Plainly, such an approach does not exclude other ways of trying to comprehend the world. Someone committed to it (as I am) can consistently believe (as I do) that we learn much more of human interest about how people think and feel and act by reading novels or studying history than from all of naturalistic psychology, and perhaps always will; similarly, the arts may offer appreciation of the heavens to which astrophysics cannot aspire. — Noam Chomsky

Look upon your chastening as God's chariots sent to carry your soul into the high places of spiritual achievement. — Hannah Whitall Smith

The universe has fascinated mankind for many, many years, dating back to the very earliest episodes of Star Trek, when the brave crew of the Enterprise set out, wearing pajamas, to explore the boundless voids of space, which turned out to be as densely populated as Queens, New York. Virtually every planet they found was inhabited, usually by evil beings with cheap costumes and Russian accents, so finally the brave crew of the Enterprise returned to Earth to gain weight and make movies. — Dave Barry

You're not an African because you're born in Africa. You're an African because Africa is born in you. It's in your genes ... your DNA ... your entire biological make up. Whether you like it or not, that's the way it is. However, if you were to embrace this truth with open arms ... my, my, my ... what a wonderful thing. — Marimba Ani