Nakima Armstrong Quotes & Sayings

When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance. — Freddie Mercury

You don't get to decide your part in the school play, but you do get to decide whether or not you play it well. — Cynthia Lewis

It is clear that every civilization undergoes a process of historical change. We can see that a civilization comes into existence, passes through a long experience, and eventually goes out of existence. — Carroll Quigley

the brogue tripping from his tongue like a slashed wineskin. — Mary Brown

Come back to me, Tessa. Henry said that perhaps, since you had touched the soul of an angel, that you dream of Heaven now, of fields of angels and flowers of fire. Perhaps you are happy in those dreams. But I ask this out of pure selfishness. Come back to me. For I cannot bear to lose all my heart. — Cassandra Clare

Never give up, and be confident in what you do. There may be tough times, but the difficulties which you face will make you more determined to achieve your objectives and to win against all the odds. — Marta

The Grecian are youthful and erring and fallen gods, with the vices of men, but in many important respects essentially of the divine race. — Henry David Thoreau

I read Twitter all the time, even though I rarely tweet. — Will.i.am

Life is a battle; face it.
Life is a jungle; explore it.
Life is a puzzle; study it.
Life is a mystery; solve it.
Life is a game; beat it.
Life is an opponent; defeat it.
Life is a treasure; cherish it. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I'm always reading. And I keep a whole list of stories, often unusual stories. There are a hundred some-odd ideas on that list. — Joshuah Bearman

Do you know what a fate map is in biology? It's a map of which cells in an embryo should develop into which specific adult tissues. But what they should develop into isn't necessarily what they actually do develop into. They can be manipulated, or change on their own, and end up as something completely different from what they were fated for. — Maggie Hall

The space program caused so much future-thinking in culture. People who couldn't go to the Moon were building space-fantasy chairs and corsets and hairdos and anything that they could put their hands on. — Aleksandra Mir

My little innocent has some fire in her after all. His velvety voice licked her spine. Fire, and a decadently enchanting sway to her hips. Sam blushed to her roots and stumbled into the stables trying to still the "sway to her hips." She would ignore him and hope he would go away like a bad dream. She didn't need this in her life. — Paula Quinn

As Americans, which I suffer from myself, we have ADD. — Pitbull

I say that I played a doorstop in Dune because I remember standing around a lot. I was down there for months. — Jack Nance