Manelistii Quotes & Sayings

And reading itself is an amazing activity: You glance at a thin, flat object made from a tree ... and the voice of the author begins to speak inside your head. (Hello!) — Carl Sagan

The accountants who spent ten hours a day copying out numbers were, to my mind, victims sacrificed on the altar of a divinity wholly bereft of either greatness or mystery. These humble creatures were devoting their entire lives to a reality beyond their grasp. In days gone by they might have at least believed there was some purpose to their servitude. Now they no longer had any illusions. They were giving up their lives for nothing, and they knew it.
Everyone knows that Japan has the highest suicide rate of any country in the world. What surprised me was that suicides were not more common. — Amelie Nothomb

It's a great privilege to be able to play that much. When you play a lot, you can be really detail-oriented. — Greg Saunier

There's a lot more to life than just the Olympic Games. — Eric Shanteau

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

I feel at once the need to die and be reborn one thousand years ago. — Maggie Nelson

The name 'Boss' started with people that worked for me ... It was not meant like Boss, capital B, it was meant like 'Boss, where's my dough this week?' And it was sort of just a term among friends. I never really liked it. — Bruce Springsteen

They forgot that the strike was in this instance the consequence of want and need, suffered unjustly, as the endurers believed; for, however insane, and without ground of reason, such was their belief, and such was the cause of their violence. It is a great truth that you cannot extinguish violence by violence. You may put it down for a time; but while you are crowing over your imaginary success, see if it does not return with seven devils worse than its former self! No — Elizabeth Gaskell

When you trust the universe, you get to play in the magical world of God's plan. — Debbie Ford

How is it I have the strength to carry my own weaknesses? — Nanamoli Thera

I don't want to re-write the same old book with the same tired techniques. I'd rather bring something new to the table that's true to me and that people will have a genuine reaction to. That's the whole point, isn't it? — Veronika Carnaby

I see myself as an athlete and just try to market myself as a feminine athlete. — Natalie Gulbis

The deepest dark reveals the starriest hope. — Gerald Massey

I would love to have a career that's governed by the material; I always want to be part of stories that I feel are worthwhile. — Lupita Nyong'o

I'm very lazy, it's just that I love music and I love the things that I get to do. That's why I feel so blessed. — Pharrell Williams