Ngumpul Bareng Quotes & Sayings

Arin, you're not listening. You're not thinking clearly."
"You're right. I haven't been thinking clearly, not for a long time. But I understand now." Arin pushed his tiles away. His winning hand scattered out of line. "You have changed, Kestrel. I don't know who you are anymore. And I don't want to. — Marie Rutkoski

I try not to think about my public life. I focus on my private life, and that's just the best way to live. — Angelina Jolie

Summer came whirling out of the night and stuck fast. One morning late in November everybody got up at Cloudstreet and saw the white heat washing in through the windows. The wild oats and buffalo grass were brown and crisp. The sky was the color of kerosene. The air was thin and volatile. Smoke rolled along the tracks as men began to burn off on the embankment. Birds cut singing down to a few necessary phrases, and beneath them in the streets, the tar began to bubble. The city was full of Yank soldiers; the trams were crammed to standing with them. The river sucked up the sky and went flat and glittery right down the middle of the place and people went to it in boats and britches and barebacked. Where the river met the sea, the beaches ran north and south, white and broad as highways in a dream, and men and babies stood in the surf while gulls hung in the haze above, casting shadows on the immodest backs of the oilslicked women. — Tim Winton

Stand-up used to be much more of a form combat. Heckling was much more common [in the '90s]. And I couldn't get stage time, and so I would go out to Pip's in Sheepshead Bay. — Jim Gaffigan

Unless you walk out into the unknown, the odds of making a profound difference in your life are pretty low. — Tom Peters

It'll be okay. She didn't know if it would be okay or not. She somehow doubted it, but what else was there to say? — Suzanne Weyn

You've got to have a sense of humour about sex. When you look at it, it's all pretty ridiculous, isn't it? — Cat Deeley

War: A wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization. — Omar N. Bradley

I think the art world will continue to be a place where people have a certain freedom and creativity to think about what's happening in Cuba. — Rachael Price

You can demand courtesy but you have to earn respect. — Lawrence Goldstone

Happiness is best when shared. Wherever you go, make sure to leave a little happiness behind. — Charles F. Glassman

He came back, sat on the ledge again, and handed her a glass. "You haven't slept; you haven't eaten."
"It goes with the territory." The wine tasted like liquid gold. "Nonetheless, you worry me, Lieutenant."
"You worry too easily."
"I love you." It flustered her to hear him say it in that lovely voice that hinted of Irish mists, to know that somehow, incredibly, it was true. Since she had no answer to give him, she frowned into her wine. — J.D. Robb