Manni Quotes & Sayings

It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own. — Arthur Conan Doyle

That's the way literary recognition works, at least to a certain degree. It's all a matter of rumor, a rumor that multiplies like a virus until it becomes a collective affinity. — Valeria Luiselli

Our enemies are our evil deeds and their memories, our pride, our selfishness, our malice, our passions, which by conscience or by habit pursue us with a relentlessness past the power of figure to express. — George A. Smith

The enemies of intellectual liberty always try to present their case as a plea for discipline versus individualism. — George Orwell

The MSS uses two main themes in recruiting foreign nationals of Chinese ancestry. First, it appeals to their perceived obligation to help the land of their heritage, thereby exploiting sentimental feelings of ethnic pride. Second, it implies that family members still in the PRC will receive unfavorable treatment unless the subjects cooperate. The latter approach is quite stressful for the subjects and a strong motivational factor in favor of compliance. — Nicholas Eftimiades

The best way to be happy is to make someone else happy. — Debasish Mridha

Every Princess has one Prince to share the loves and joys of life, and do you know how that Princess knows which Prince is hers?"
"How Mommy?"
"From the kiss."
"But how?"
"The very first kiss with your Prince will change your life. When your lips touch for the first time, the earth will feel like it stops moving, but in the same moment, the world around you spins. It'll feel like fireworks in the night sky. Like a bright light in the darkness. You'll feel your heart beat fast in your ears but silence will surround you. And when you pull apart and open your eyes and look at each other, and really see each other. You'll know it in that moment, through that kiss, that you've just let someone own a piece of your heart, and you'll live happily ever after. — Jay McLean

Brunetti had long been of the opinion that one of the handicaps of stupidity was its inability to imagine intelligence. — Donna Leon

I am committed to my art. I believe that all art has as its ultimate goal the union between the material and the spiritual, the human and the divine. I believe that to be the reason for the very existence of art. — Michael Jackson

My first-ever visit to a cheese factory was in Tillamook Washington ... yes, I am that nerdy. — Kyle MacLachlan

Every once in awhile I'll call up Eddie (Van Halen) and ask, Found that fourth chord yet? — Billy Gibbons

I'm a rapper ... Gaga's a fantastic artist, you know, she paved her way. She's opened her own lane. But I think that I have my own lane. And we never cross. Ever. So, you know, I really don't get the comparison anymore. Our music doesn't sound the same. Our stage presence is not the same. I just can't see the similarities. — Nicki Minaj

From the get-go, 'Original Sin' was always as much a Nick Fury story as anything else. — Jason Aaron

There is never enough horsepower ... just not enough traction. — Carroll Shelby

He does not require that we live a perfect life. He only requires that we try to live as He wills. The only way to fail Him is by giving up. — Patricia Davids

The Eld! The Eld! the Manni whispered, and several raised fists into the air with the first and fourth fingers pointed. — Stephen King