Mnemonics Dictionary Quotes & Sayings

Life has been messy for me, as it has for most everyone. I have come to the realization that challenging experiences break us all at some point - our bodies and minds, our hearts and egos. When we put ourselves back together, we find that we are no longer perfectly straight, but rather bent and cracked. Yet it is through these cracks that our authenticity shines. It is by revealing these cracks that we can learn to see and be seen deeply. — Ping Fu

Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one's wife alone. — Guru Nanak

What did religion do to people, to provoke such obstinancy, such hysteria - how did it push people to the stage of torturing themselves and killing each other? — Manil Suri

What was the duty of the teacher if not to inspire? — Bharati Mukherjee

I write down portions, maybe fragments, and perhaps an imperfect view of what I'm hoping to write. Out of that, I keep trying to find exactly what I want. — James Salter

We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm thinking about the top five all-time greatest movie kisses. I can't believe I haven't made that list.
And I'm thinking about a screenplay I want to write. I have a hunch it'll be the first good movie I've ever written.
This one will be about a girl.
I don't know how I ever tried to write my story without her. — Melissa Keil

The most altruistic and sustainable philosophies fail before the brute brain stem imperative of self-interest. — Peter Watts

The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a theme of declaration and discontent in all ages. — William Herschel

Equality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might. — Blaise Pascal