Nibs College Quotes & Sayings

And wasn't my mind also like another crib in the depths of which I felt I remained ensconced, even in order to watch what was happening outside? When I saw an external object, my awareness that I was seeing it would remain between me and it, lining it with a thin spiritual border that prevented me from ever directly touching its substance; it would volatize in some way before I could make contact with it, just as an incandescent body brought near a wet object never touches its moisture because it is always preceded by a zone of evaporation. — Marcel Proust

He glanced at me, then chuckled. "Sprezzatura's an Italian word. Means the art of making something difficult look easy. — Joseph Finder

And when you're not happy with your own life, and yourself, you can't be happy with anyone else. — Tracey Garvis-Graves

The art of Peace I practice has room for each of the world's eight million gods, and I cooperate with them all. The God of Peace is very great and enjoins all that is divine and enlightened in every land. — Morihei Ueshiba

I do most of the cooking. I'm kind of domestic, untidily so. — Tom Paulin

Shadows cannot harm the almighty! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

All around me is cowardice and deceit. — Nicholas II Of Russia

We see nation-states collapsing all around us: Libya, Syria, Iraq. We do not want another failed state in our neighborhood, which would rapidly turn into a stronghold for terrorists, as we have seen in Gaza. We do not want tunnels to suburbs of Tel Aviv or missiles pointed at Jerusalem. — Ayelet Shaked

Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it. — Horace

To each thing belongs it's measure. Occasion is best to know. — Pindar

There's was no pressure on it for me - I just went in and had fun. Whatever Jason Moore, the director, asked me to do, I did it! I ran around the room acting like a crazy guest on "Jerry Springer" and yelling at the audience. I just went for it. — Max Von Essen

I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art! — Al Yankovic

Deception, I came to realize, was one of the few remaining oral traditions. — Alex Stone