Ninotchka Quotes & Sayings

A man could love only what he respected, not pitied. — Ninotchka Rosca

That to own things did not necessarily mean one belonged; that possession was no guarantee of control — Ninotchka Rosca

He saw clearly, immediately, that the man didn't care about the gift's value, didn't care about the gift even, but cared profoundly for the act of receiving as though the gift were a tribute, a confirmation of his self, his being, his reality. He found no pleasure in what he was taking but in the act of taking itself. — Ninotchka Rosca

I love Memphis, I guess you could say, in the way that you love a brother even if he does sometimes puzzle and sadden and frustrate you. Say what you want about it, it's an authentic place. I was born and raised in Memphis, and no matter where I go, Memphis belongs to me, and I to it. — Hampton Sides

Hello! I'm Elijah Wood, and i'm a looser! — Elijah Wood

It was a kind of sin, certainly, to forget - but it was not easy to remember, especially when names changed, languages changed. A century-old name held that century; when replaced, a hundred years were wiped out at one stroke. Amnesia set it; reality itself, being metamorphic, was affected. — Ninotchka Rosca

To love was to regain the capacity to remember a world without names, to recall by virtue of the whorl above the beloved's knucklebones and to blue of the veins beneath the skin the unbearable fragility of mornings in this counrty, to find October odors trapped in the skinfolds between her toes along with the scent of talcum powder and soap and human sweat. — Ninotchka Rosca

Cathy, meeting you was chance, falling in love with you was destiny, and loving you is my reason to exist. — Mia Asher

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future. — David Mitchell

If we believe that the Holocaust was a result of the inherent characteristics of Jews, Germans, Poles, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, or anyone else, then we are moving in Hitler's world. - — Timothy Snyder

It seemed so illogical to punish some poor criminal for doing something that civilization taught him how to do so he could have something that civilization taught him how to want. It seemed to him as wrong as if they had hung the gun that shot the man. — Chester Himes

I've been a list maker for years, even before I was a musician. I was always writing things down and kept long lists of things that would make good album titles and things like that. I'm constantly thinking in terms of songwriting. — Buzz Osborne

Love and hatred don't take turns; they exist side by side at the same time. And one's duty, one's obligation every day, is to choose to follow the nobler one. — Jamaica Kincaid

What about life, Ninotchka? Do Russians never think about life, of the moment in which we are living? It's the only moment we ever really have. — Melvyn Douglas

In India, it's a matter of fact that a girl child is seen as a liability. Probably the only expectation is that you grow up to a presentable young woman who can get a decent spouse. — Kangana Ranaut

When I am designing, my aim is to create tension and then gradually proceed into quiet. — Jacques Wirtz

Every writer I know, when asked how to become a writer, responds with one word:Read. — Marilynne Robinson

Reality shifts occur when we are in a dreamy state of energized awareness in which we are clear about what we prefer — Cynthia Sue Larson

I think it may be that the fans of your least-favorite political candidate, whoever it is, are much more likable and light-side types than you might think going in. One way to reach them is to talk about Star Wars. — Cass Sunstein