Menningarkimi Quotes & Sayings

In the middle of nowhere, a trunk heavy with gold is a burden, not treasure. — A. J. Gallant

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all. — Jawaharlal Nehru

People say all kinds of things about the ingredients of songs. But you know they are a kind of magic, in the sense that they may easily include a stain on your bedroom wall ... and a variety of mis-recollections. And then you name it after a girl's name that you just made up. — Tom Waits

These attributes, in spite of poverty and the strict integrity which shut him out from the more worldly successes, attracted to him many admirable persons, as naturally as sweet herbs draw bees, and as naturally he gave them the honey into which fifty years of hard experience had distilled no bitter drop. — Louisa May Alcott

The Moon would shine as brightly as the midmorning sun, and by the end of the two minutes, the lunar regolith would be heated to a glow. — Randall Munroe

Senators will do what they think they need to do to represent their constituents. — John Cornyn

Faggot isn't offensive to gays; it's got nothing to do with gays. — Ann Coulter

Many of us, myself, included, considered our souls necessary collateral damage to get done the things we felt we simply had to get get done - because of other people's expectations, because we want to be know as highly capable, because we're trying to outrun an inner emptiness. And for a while we don't even realize the compromise we've made. We're on autopilot, chugging through the day on fear and caffeine, checking things off the list, falling into bed without even a real thought or feeling or connection all day long, just a sense of having made it through. — Shauna Niequist

The world is rational and creative. It's a wonderful mystery for our minds to discover and celebrate . God's everywhere and we are all different. That's the beauty of it-the sheer diversity. What a tapestry to enjoy. — Adam Williams

There's only one movie theater in the entire city of Detroit. The entire city has one open movie theater, and it is in the - it is in the General Motors headquarters complex. — Michael Moore

A tree that falls alone in the forest still makes a sound. It just wishes it didn't. — Wayne Gladstone

Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. — Jane Austen

How can this world, which is so beautiful, include so much horror? — Eugene Delacroix