Mostow Linear Quotes & Sayings

I remembered some lines from the papers: our nuclear stations are absolutely safe, we could build one on Red Square, they're safer than samovars. They're like stars and we'll "light" the whole earth with them. — Svetlana Alexievich

You'll understand as you get older. You can spot them a mile off, You'll learn to cross the street.' [...] 'Perhaps that's why they don't mix,' said Tilly, 'because everyone else is on the other side of the street? — Joanna Cannon

If we have a reason to do it, a reason that engages us and makes us involved, we will both do it better and feel happier as a result — Anonymous

Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me want to be a better writer. — Kimberly Willis Holt

But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword. As a mortal, I was never a great fighter or athlete or poet. I only made wine. The people in my village laughed at me. They said I would never amount to anything. Look at me now. Sometimes small things can become very large indeed. — Rick Riordan

The novel, arguably the author's best, had a disquieting power, like a sleeping crocodile. — Roberto Bolano

The unknown energy that can help humanity is that which lies hidden in the child. — Maria Montessori

I was lucky to learn early in life that you need money for food and shelter, but there's no ambition in having money in the bank for the sake of it! — Helen McCrory

Codes are a puzzle. A game, just like any other game. — Alan Turing

In painting, three things must be considered - the position of the viewer, the position of the object viewed, and the position of the light that illuminates the object. — Lynn Cullen

One of my favorite experiences in my career, certainly one of the most interesting characters I've ever played, was Simon Lee on 'The Event.' That was a show I was quite proud of and a character I really enjoyed playing. It was one of the most three-dimensional characters that was ever written for me and that I'd ever gotten to play. — Ian Anthony Dale

The nearest we approach God ... is as creative beings. The poet , by echoing the primary imagination , recreates. Through his work he forces those who read him to do the same, thus bringing them ... nearer to the actual being of God as displayed in action . — R.S. Thomas

But in my head I can hear Haymitch's smug, if slightly exasperated, words: Yes, that's what I'm looking for, sweetheart. — Suzanne Collins

I think to be oversensitive about cliches is like being oversensitive about table manners. — Evelyn Waugh