Mbulase Quotes & Sayings

You don't want people to think you're just writing stories for children about a pig in a tutu. — Karen Russell

It is a thorough process, this war with the wilderness - breaking nature, taming the soil. feeding it on oats. The civilized man regards the pine tree as his enemy. He will fell it and let in the light, grub it up and raise wheat or rye there. It is no better than a fungus to him. — Henry David Thoreau

What playing solo has reminded me is how much I love electronic music and how much I love dance music. I'd like to move towards something more hypnotic and rhythmic rather than song-based. — Gwenno

The benefit of carrying the entire world on your shoulders was that you didn't have to stare it in the face. — Rhian J. Martin

If you put a door marked "Authorized Personnel ONLY" and me in the same building, sooner or later I'll try to jimmy its lock to discover what's so special about it. — Ilona Andrews

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure. — Madeleine L'Engle

It's very funny, American society: White culture can do all sorts of things and get away with it, but the minute a black person does it, it's interpreted in some way. — Jamaica Kincaid

I was on the far side of the dream. — Reinhardt Jung

I'm in agreement with David Miliband when he says our generation of Labour politicians are not willing to hand over the direction of the country without a serious electoral fight. — Douglas Alexander

For Pete's sake, Quinn, you should have seen him when I was pregnant. He practically set a peacock on fire for daring to walk across my path in the garden one day. — Alyssa Day

The problem is whether we are determined to go in the direction of compassion or not. If we are, then can we reduce the suffering to a minimum? If I lose my direction, I have to look for the North Star, and I go to the north. That does not mean I expect to arrive at the North Star. I just want to go in that direction. — Thich Nhat Hanh

We have a lot of work to do. It's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border. — John McCain