Menerbangkan Quotes & Sayings

No shortcut to wisdom.
No tollways to be wise. — Toba Beta

Bin Laden's death is just a punctuation point on a set of problems they've had for a long time. I think the prognosis for al-Qaida and groups like it is really bad, and that's a good thing. — Peter L. Bergen

It is easier to get rid of one's religion than to get rid of one's sins. — Dale Ahlquist

You can't connect with something you're not passionate about. — Gemma Arterton

Are your friends as good as MY friends? I can discern the nod of of assent but doubt it. My own friends are far better, they are famous people and they are all dead.
Who, you may ask, are those friends of mine, and why are they dead?
It is a fair question. They are dead because, had they lived, they would have died anyway from extreme old age and decrepitude. — Flann O'Brien

Planning is for the world's great cities, for Paris, London, and Rome, for cities dedicated, at some level, to culture. Detroit, on the other hand, was an American city and therefore dedicated to money, and so design had given way to expediency. — Jeffrey Eugenides

I kissed Ryan, and it charged him up like a freaking Duracell. — Kelly Oram

Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune. — Aeschylus

Marcus, even in this darkness, I try to swim back to you.
I swear, I do. — Ripley Patton

Americans are shy about the body. — Ana Beatriz Barros

Everyone is afraid of you and when folk are afraid of a person it usually means the person is cruel in some way, and I think you are cruel, Miss Marquess, but please don't punish me for saying it. I think you know you're cruel. I think you like being cruel. I think calling you cruel is the same as calling someone else kind. And I don't want to run errands for someone cruel. — Catherynne M Valente

Every soldier knows this simple fact: If you don't know your enemy, you will not be able to defeat him, — Tulsi Gabbard

Three has always been tougher than Two. Think of any of your famous threesomes. The Three Stooges? Look at the anger there. My bet is that before Curly was born, Moe and Larry could play together for hours without even a single poke in the eye. Huey, Dewey, and Louie? Donald Duck never had a moment's peace. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly? I rest my case. — Paul Reiser