Mi Obra Maestra Quotes & Sayings

It was endlessly entertaining, watching people beat each other up. All the little kids in the neighborhood would come and watch ... and then we'd beat them up as well. — Wayne Coyne

I like to think I'm positive and optimistic about things generally, but what I write does tend towards the darker end of the spectrum. — Tim Lebbon

All thoughts are just junk. Essentially, they are coming from the limited experience of past. These thoughts are useful for your survival process. You've picked up some amount of information; you want to survive in the world; this information is useful. If you're looking at life itself, these thoughts are meaningless. — Jaggi Vasudev

One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit. — Jean De La Bruyere

The US in some ways has been the best. Who figured out shale gas? Although that wasn't a good thing [for CO2 levels], it was very innovative. It's led to low-cost energy. Who figured out nuclear power? Largely the United States. Once you get past the steam engine, which is mostly British, then the US has been at the center of most of the energy things that have happened. — Bill Gates

President Obama has appointed a new head of the Secret Service. The new Secret Service director was so excited that he jumped over the White House fence for joy. — Conan O'Brien

I've always been a fan of science fiction films, and I've never been able to put my particular spin on it. — Ivan Reitman

No. I was an only child. — Robert Fulghum

Have the past struggles succeeded?
What has succeeded? yourself? your nation? Nature?
Now understand me well - it is provided in the essence of things that from any fruition of success, no matter what, shall come forth something to make a greater struggle necessary."
-from "Songs of the Open Road — Walt Whitman

I believe that we are just carriers of God's wisdom that he uses to refurnish the earth He created. You are carrying part of that wisdom in you. When it's time to offload it, do so with all passion! — Israelmore Ayivor

Christmas is not a season. It is a feeling. — Edna Ferber

A successful marriage is made up of two good forgivers. — Ruth Graham

I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays. — Om Puri

It wasn't cool of Dad to keep that secret. A secret with Valerie. Secret from me. But it's not like I'm going to cry about it. When the crier finally catches her breath, she says, "How come Naomi gets a twin and I don't?" Which makes no sense at all. "We're not twins," I say in maybe not my nicest voice. "We just have the same name!" I walk over to the couch where she's sprawled. "What's your name?" She sits up and wipes her nose with the back of her hand. Ew. "Brianna." "Didn't you ever meet another Brianna?" The other Naomi walks over to us, like maybe I should back off her sister or something even though I'm only trying to help. "Remember in your dance class? — Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich