Mantakas Mikis Quotes & Sayings

Tony Blair is the best friend I've had in politics. — Gordon Brown

One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word 'I.' — Ludwig Wittgenstein

Slowly the reality of the situation sank in. He got his ass kicked, learned nothing, and got saved by a dumb dog and an old lady. If he lived long enough to report to Nancy back in Adrianglia, he would have to gloss over this part. — Ilona Andrews

And the way they are now, I don't see's there's much difference between the Fromes up at the farm and the Fromes down in the graveyard; 'cept that down there they're all quiet, and the women have got to hold their tongues. — Edith Wharton

I know something now I didn't know a year ago," said Quoyle. "Petal wasn't any good. And I think maybe that is why I loved her."
"Yes," said Wavey. "Same with Herold. It's like you feel to yourself that's all you deserve. And the worse it gets the more it seems true, that you got it coming to you or it wouldn't be that way. You know what I mean? — Annie Proulx

Besides good schools, a good airport, and the Cowboys, Dallas had golf courses, and golf was fast becoming an obsession with me. — Charley Pride

To feel overflowing love and almost unbearable compassion for all living creatures is the best way to fulfil the wishes of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Even if for the moment you cannot actually help a sentient being in an external way, meditate on love and compassion constantly over the months and years until compassion is knit inseparably into the very fabric of your mind. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution. — Samuel Johnson

Stay in one place too long and the tide can overwhelm you. Ride the tide, surf the waves, stay on top of the changes. — Ron Kaufman

You can forget facts but you cannot forget understanding. — Eric Mazur

I had fought on behalf of man against the sea, but I realised that it had become more urgent to fight on behalf of the sea against men. — Alain Bombard

God uses us in spite of who we are, not because of it. — Andrew Wommack

Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight. — Geoffrey Chaucer