Natavan Basima Quotes & Sayings

Happiness is a strange word. So conclusive. Happiness is a thing that happens for a moment. — Kelly Reichardt

The country he had left thirty years ago had been a realistic place. There were political realities there, then and now, that precluded blind faith, that discouraged one from thinking that everything, always, would work out fairly and equitably. But he had come to believe such things in the United States. Things had worked out. Difficulties had been overcome. He had worked hard and achieved success. The machinery of government functioned. — Dave Eggers

There could be joy in destruction, too, couldn't there? Isn't Jesus Christ's Second Coming supposed to occur only after a lot of unmitigated destruction? But again, human history is fraught with tragedies in which man spared no effort to destroy with millenarian joy, only to learn that no messiah appeared afterwards. — Kenzaburo Oe

In the context of stress, the great paradox of the modern age may be that there is not more hardship, just more news - and too much of it. The 24/7 streaming torrent of tragedy and demands flashing at us from an array of digital displays keeps the amygdala flying. — John J. Ratey

The exhausting effort to control time by altering the effects of age doesn't bring happiness — Diane Keaton

I definitely feel a difference about my place in the industry. I feel like I have some longevity now. — Martina Mcbride

If you always support the correct principles then you will never get the wrong results! — Andrew Johnson