Nilo Cruz Quotes & Sayings

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie. — Mark Twain

I bit my lip. "I, well, we were high? Really,really high. And it was this weird cloud and lightning and faerie thing. I didn't know where it was taking me or why,and I was so scared I did the only thing I could think of."
"Which was?" Lend prodded, worry shadowing his face.
I shrugged, a small, guilty gesture. "I took some." Hating the concern in his eyes,I rushed on. "Only a little bit-not enough to hurt it,really, just enough to surprise it, and then we fell, and it tried to drop me, but I grabbed on and some trees broke my fall. And afterward the Cloud Freak was okay,really,it was. Just kind of pissed. And then it flew off."
I didn't mention the erratic flight pattern. It was probably woozy. — Kiersten White

I have been offered the highest paid contracts in the world. I refused them all. It's not my thing. I don't want to cheat people. — Azzedine Alaia

Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment he was bound as a statesman to consult, he was swift, zealous, radical, and determined. — Frederick Douglass

Yes - I've learned from my mistakes, and I'm sure I could repeat them perfectly. — Jonathan Coe

It's quite a thing, if you've never been in or known a small southern town. The people are not particularly sophisticated, naturally. They're not worldly wise in any way. But they tell you a story whenever they see you. — Harper Lee

Each new day beckons you to walk on the road of self-transcendence. We transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We compete only with our previous achievements, and we get joy. Life is nothing but a perpetual possibility. — Sri Chinmoy

I guess I'm sort of spoiled because, most of the things that I get to do, people know that you're a good improviser, so they allow you at least one improv take, and for comedy, that's great. — Matt Walsh

Russia's 62% of women and only 38% men, many of whom are heavy drinkers, so the battle for the female happiness is a rude one, only the slimmest, the leggiest, the blondest and the sexiest are the winners.. — Alexander Vassiliev

One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that. — Ira Glass

I am imagination; I am faster than light. I am creative spirit; I am always in flight. — Debasish Mridha

In terms of popular cinema, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is as near perfection as I can think of. — Peter Mullan

Opposites attract in physics. In life, like attracts like. Kindness attracts kindness. Greed attracts greed. Love attracts love. If you don't like what you're attracting, change who you are. — Connie R. Clay

The train goes where the road goes; we don't want this. We want this one: The road goes where we go! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Never, ever think that people will do something just because it is the "right" thing to do. — Steven D. Levitt