Niakis Quotes & Sayings

George Orwell's '1984' frequently tops surveys of our greatest books: it's not a celebration of poetic language. It's decidedly anti-literary, a masterpiece of personal and political narrative sequence. And its subject matter is crucial, because what '1984' shows is that language can be a dirty trick. — Graham Joyce

When he entered the Oval Office - by fate, not by design - Citizen Ford knew that he was not perfect, just as he knew he was not perfect when he left. But what president ever was? — Tom Brokaw

I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist. — William Golding

Oh! to be loved by a man I respect, To bask in the glow of his perfectly understandable neglect. — Frank Loesser

And if I have not also shown that German is a harassing and infuriating study, my execution has been at fault, and not my intent. I heard lately of a worn and sorely tried American student who used to fly to a certain German word for relief when he could bear up under his aggravations no longer - the only word whose sound was sweet and precious to his ear and healing to his lacerated spirit. This was the word damit. It was only the sound that helped him, not the meaning; [3] and so, at last, when he learned that the emphasis was not on the first syllable, his only stay and support was gone, and he faded away and died. — Mark Twain

Love is the felt experience of connection to another being. An economist says 'more for you is less for me.' But the lover knows that more of you is more for me too. If you love somebody their happiness is your happiness. Their pain is your pain. Your sense of self expands to include other beings. This shift of consciousness is universal in everybody, 99% and 1%. — Charles Eisenstein

How different would I be, if I'd never met him? Might I have had a normal dating life like my friends did, flitting from one guy to the next, never getting too serious or too invested in one while I was still so young? Who would I be if I hadn't endured the heartbreak of losing him & losing that part of myself that was built around him? — Beth Harbison

And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly. — Brent Spiner

Through a grandmother's voice and hands the end of life is known at the beginning. — Margaret Mead

Leadership means setting an example. When you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move. — Lee Iacocca

I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps. — Ziggy Marley