Mutuma Ruteere Quotes & Sayings

There was a certain struggling fury that went with being jobless, and persevering, and being turned down, that was different from simply being jobless. — Doris Lessing

A lot of people feel trapped by circumstance, by the expectations of others or the perception that they need a lot of money. They would like to have a different direction in their lives, but they're held back by fear or desires that are incompatible with that freedom. — Roz Savage

Without language, they have no lies. Thus they have no future. — Ursula K. Le Guin

If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences. — H.P. Lovecraft

Smith, for example, claimed that if Americans defended slavery on the basis of the Old Testament, they should also defend practices like polygamy and the complete annihilation of defeated armies that are also prescribed in the Old Testament — Mark A. Noll

It's difficult to do a genre film well, and it doesn't matter if you're talking vampire movies or 'Dawn of the Dead' or 'The Thing' or 'Escape From New York.' Those kind of movies, they understand what the old-school B-movie is supposed to be, they get the throwback of it. — Ethan Hawke

Prohibition is the trigger of crime. — Ian Fleming

As soon as I was out of sight of that house I opened my envelope, and saw that it contained money! My opinion of those people changed, I can tell you! I lost not a moment, but shoved note and money into my vest pocket, and broke for the nearest cheap eating house. Well, how I did eat! When at last I couldn't hold any more, I took out my money and unfolded it, took one glimpse and nearly fainted. Five millions of dollars! Why, it made my head swim. — Anonymous

The first condition of immortality is death. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind! — Amy Tan

The difference between the truth and a lie is that both of them can hurt, but only one will take the time to heal you afterward. — Mira Grant

The strongest feelings I have about printing always return to three simple concepts: the sculptural nature of type, the inevitableness of its arrangement on the page, and the authority of its impression. — Warren Chappell

Now that we have everything we need, we discover that there is almost nothing that we have that we want — John Cage

No one has ever worn my clothes before." "No one would dare," I murmur. "You're a scary beast." "You dared." "I did, but I have a problem with authority." He — Amy A. Bartol

The real reason we have faces," Margot Lassiter observes, "is to hold back what we're thinking from the world. — Eli Gottlieb