Mir Mohammad Mian Quotes & Sayings

Music is the one universal language. It's your best friend when the chips are down, and it's better than any energy drink when you're feeling it. — Dave Smalley

I believe in the writer's mission. He receives it from the word, which carries its suffering and its hope within it. He questions the words, which question him. He accompanies the words, which accompany him. The initiative is shared, as if spontaneous. — Edmond Jabes

[Shakespeare realized that] Women are able to understand themselves better on a personal level and survive in the world if they dress in men's clothing, thus living underground, safe (...). The presence of women disguising themselves as men dictates that the play be a comedy; women remaining in their frocks, a tragedy. In four great tragedies -Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear- almost all the women die (...).
How much the women have to adhere to the rules and regulations of their enviroment makes a large difference. Once Rosalind [disguised as a man in As You Like It] has run away from the court, she has no institutional structures to deal with. Ophelia [in her frocks] is surrounded tightly by institutional structures of family, court, and politics; only by going mad can be get out of it all. — Tina Packer

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent. — Karl Kraus

It's easy: You simply follow the trail of your time, your affection, your energy, your money, and your allegiance. At the end of that trail you'll find a throne; and whatever, or whoever, is on that throne is what's of highest value to you. On that throne is what you worship. — Louie Giglio

If the United States were to cut and run from Iraq, we would send a message of weakness that would embolden our terrorist enemies across the globe. A failed Iraq would destabilize the entire region and undermine U.S. national security for decades to come. — Dennis Cardoza

Sing, and princess left off weeping. Then he went — Jacob Grimm

And you couldn't make a snowman in your neighborhood because?
Because you weren't there. — Sarah Addison Allen

I think I've learned more about Baroque music than any other genre. — Joyce DiDonato

I'm not super, super religious. If this is okay to say, I'm more culturally Jewish. — Abbi Jacobson

Dave Eggers is a prince among men when it comes to writing deeply felt, socially conscious books that meld reportage with fiction. While A Hologram for the King is fiction ... it's a strike against the current state of global economic injustice. — Elissa Schappell

I want to be myself. That's when you feel the most comfortable, that's when you have the most success, and that's when you're the most happy. — Leighton Meester

You know, before when (the police went) to work, they used to be like, 'I'm gonna kick somebody's ass today and so I hope I can catch somebody in a bad situation or breaking the law, because I'm gonna beat someone's ass in a big way, I think that attitude has changed. — Rodney King

An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than v jewels. — Anonymous

A secret is powerful when it is empty. — Umberto Eco