Mardi Gras Indian Quotes & Sayings

It may be that the most striking thing about members of my literary generation in retrospect will be that we were allowed to say absolutely anything without fear of punishment. — Kurt Vonnegut

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself. — Chinua Achebe

Some of the events in the Olympics don't make sense to me. I don't understand the connection to any reality ... Like in the Winter Olympics they have that biathlon that combines cross-country skiing with shooting a gun. How many alpine snipers are into this? Ski, shoot a gun ... ski, bang, bang, bang ... It's like combining swimming and strangling a guy. Why don't we have that? That makes absolutely as much sense to me. Just put people in the pool at the end of each lane for the swimmers. — Jerry Seinfeld

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

I look fine. I've had no surgery apart from an operation I had decades ago to remove the fat under my eyes. My mum looked 30 when she was 60, so I guess I owe it all to genes and hair dye. — David Cassidy

Anyone who renounces the world must love all men, for he renounces their world too. He thus begins to have some inkling of the true nature of man, which cannot but be loved, always assuming that one is its peer. — Franz Kafka

Get it 80 percent right and then correct it later. — Brian Tracy

Fortunately I'm Latin, and I'm born with a little bit of rhythm by default. It's in the DNA. I have that going for me, but I've never been considered one of the world's greatest dancers. — Adam Rodriguez

Don't hire for the sake of hiring. Hire because there is no other way to do what you want to do. — Sam Altman

Money and fame? I never had it, don't really know if I want it. — Kevin Harvick

I'm not going to fit into that English courtroom. I'm going to stand out, with how I dress, and how I think, because I'm not English. I don't know about murder and witness and juries, but I do know how to fix things in my life when they're messed up. If you make a mistake and repent, you're forgiven. You're welcomed back. If you lie, and keep lying, there won't be a place for you. -Katie, Plain Truth — Jodi Picoult

I need a favour.'
I raise my eyebrows at him in disbelief. What makes him think I'm about to do him a favour? He's a stranger. And he's wearing handcuffs. — Sarah Alderson

So many people have so much trouble having kids. — Courteney Cox