Nayeri Quotes & Sayings

What makes you think the devil is a he? — Daniel Nayeri

I think the biggest lie the devil ever told was that beauty and goodness are the same. — Daniel Nayeri

Learning is an assignment you give yourself. — Daniel Nayeri

The tree leaves rustled like that noise e-books make when you turn the page. — Daniel Nayeri

Maybe it was a storybook beginning. — Daniel Nayeri

Carry the rosary with you everywhere, and it will carry you through anything. — Jason Evert

In this life, you have winners and losers. the more you win, the higher you go. — Daniel Nayeri

The world is full of stupid people. That's why we have rules. But with enough intelligence, a person can be above the rules. She can make rules. — Daniel Nayeri

Human history is full of great men, great women, individuals, with the will for power - all of them with governesses like her. — Daniel Nayeri

Because some things that seem unimportant now can change the course of human history
and I am a student of human history. — Daniel Nayeri

You do realize that I never thought you had a stellar
reputation." Her teasing tone made me smile.
"What? You didn't think I was next in line for Pope? Damn, I thought I had you fooled. — Abbi Glines

Do you know what makes someone beautiful? Confidence. You don't have to have this shape eyes or that shape lips. No one seems to be able to decide which shape is best anyway. You can have every kind of blemish. It's confidence that attracts people. That's what everybody's looking for. It's what no potion can really give you. And believe me, Belle, you've got it. You've got it if you want it. — Daniel Nayeri

If you don't get caught, you deserve everything you steal. — Daniel Nayeri

If you imagine someone watching you all the time, even when you think you're alone, seeing every time you make a face, that someone would know more about you than you think. — Daniel Nayeri

The Buddelbinsters, he'd heard them called. Once they'd had seven changeling children, and Bartholomew had seen them playing in the windows and the doorways. But other people had seen them, too, and one night a crowd had come and dragged the children away. Now there was only one, a frail-looking boy with thistle-hair. — Stefan Bachmann

You see, Valentin, there is no such thing as time. It's just a road, a path to travel on. Most of the world is on a train, traveling forward all the time, speeding toward death, with a set schedule and someone else in charge. — Daniel Nayeri

My new shorty got a gymnastic back,
'87 emerald green on a classic Jag.
She had the cleft palate, I ordered chef's salad;
She had the club foot, with that little arm,
I couldn't help but laugh ... she ordered Chicken Parm. — Action Bronson

Guilt is a useless feeling. It's never enough to make you change direction
only enough to make you useless. — Daniel Nayeri

When you live by the sea, there are definite seasons when you can see the weather coming and going, which lends itself to photography. — Graeme Le Saux

Waiters are the help, dear. It's like falling in love with a blender! — Daniel Nayeri

Having spent all my life among academics, I can tell you that hearing how wrong they area is about as high on their priority list as finding a cockroach in their coffee. The typical scientist has made an interesting discovery early on in his or her career, followed by a lifetime of making sure that everyone else admires his or her contribution and that no one questions it. There is no poorer company than an aging scientist who has failed to achieve these objectives. — Frans De Waal

I focused the power from my armor into my leg and kicked the door in. The metal and plastic fibers splintered and the hinges ripped free from the wall.
"By the way, boss," HARV said. "I believe that the door was unlocked. — John Zakour

We all have some screws loose, common sense and intelligence can diminish that — Doug Brown

I know lots of things you don't"
"Name five."
"The Grand Unification Theory, tax law, binary, the capital of Azerbailan, and how tractors work. — Daniel Nayeri

You obviously don't have my soul or you wouldn't be trying to make deals. — Daniel Nayeri

You're so stupid, sometimes."
"You're stupid."
"Moooom!"
This book is dedicated to our mom. — Daniel Nayeri

Because you don't spend so many decades in someone's house without knowing their game. — Daniel Nayeri

I had set a goal of being a producer by 25. — Cameron Mackintosh

What are you giving him?"
Nicola Vileroy tilted her head ... " Something to mesmerize and delight him. Something absolutely ethereal that would capture his imagination and not let go. "
"Ooh, Nintendo, how lovely! — Daniel Nayeri

It's not worth losing your soul to win a guy. — Daniel Nayeri

If it looks real and feels real, do you think it matters if it's real? — Daniel Nayeri

I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe. — Benjamin Banneker

Journalism is a voyeuristic vocation that attracts to its employment many people who are often naturally shy and insatiably curious, and each day they are assigned to view the world with a critical eye and a detached sense of intimacy. — Gay Talese

Why am I always looking at life through a window? — Daniel Keyes