Nieta In English Quotes & Sayings

Notice how many of the Olympic athletes effusively thanked their mothers for their success? "She drove me to my practice at four in the morning," etc. Writing is not figure skating or skiing. Your mother will not make you a writer. My advice to any young person who wants to write is: leave home. — Paul Theroux

There is a world beyond this black world. There is a world of the possible. A world where Anne can be queen is a world where Cromwell can be Cromwell. He sees it; then he doesn't. The moment is fleeting. But insight cannot be taken back. You cannot return to the moment you were in before. — Hilary Mantel

One of my proudest achievements is that when an authoritative book about Hungarian literature came out about a decade ago, there was a little article about me which said I was a Hungarian writer but pretending not to be. Bearing in mind I can hardly write a cheque in Hungarian, I was delighted to be included in the pantheon of Hungarian writers. — Tibor Fischer

You are a creative center from which increase is given off to all. — Wallace D. Wattles

Making eye contact during rough sex is roughly the equivalent of trying to read Dostoyevsky on a rollercoaster. — Jenna Jameson

Society is made up of individuals. The thoughts and actions of each individual influence the culture of that society. Instead of waiting for others to improve, we should try to improve ourselves. Once our attitude has changed, we will be able to perceive goodness throughout world. If there is a positive change in us, it will also be reflected in others. It is only what we give that we can hope to get back. — Mata Amritanandamayi

Don't focus so much on your relationships. Have fun with them. Or if you don't have them, you don't want them, have fun with that. — Frederick Lenz

For many centuries Chinese society has been free of class distinctions such as are found even in advanced democracies. — Chiang Kai-shek

Sometimes, love feels like a life or death situation. Losing true love is pretty much as bad as it gets, other than actually dying or losing good health. Most people know that. Most people can relate. It's like the end of the world. — Lana Del Rey

He has made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves. — H.G.Wells

I'll pun him so many puns that even his arrogance will finally be expunged. — Raymond Queneau

Trying to get an agent is like standing in line to be picked for kickball. Pick me! Pick me! ... Dang, last again. — Buffy Andrews