Nuriya Ismiga Quotes & Sayings

Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good. — Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

I write in praise of the solitary act: of not feeling a trespassing tongue forced into one's mouth, one's breath smothered, nipples crushed against the ribcage, and that metallic tingling in the chin set off by a certain odd nerve: unpleasure. — Fleur Adcock

One of the things that adds tension to our lives is small frustrations. Losing car keys can give you a panic attack. Not being able to find a comb when you get out of the shower, losing scissors and nail clippers, can make you fight with your roommate. The problem is that we think that these things are not supposed to happen to us. And that's what makes us tense. We think we can avoid these frustrations by making ourselves and others be more careful. I like to take the opposite tack-to assume that these things are a part of life and that they will happen no matter what. — Jennifer James

I would consider all of the legislation which I have supported meaningless if I were to sit idly by, silent, during a period which may go down in history as an era when we permitted the curtailment of our liberties. — Dennis Chavez

The greatest tragedy is a life lived and died without knowing Father God intimately and experiencing His love personally. — Bob Parr

You shouldn't try to manufacture progress. — Sam Altman

Fiction is no longer the dominant storytelling device of our time. In the 19th century it worked great, and fiction was the king, but it's not the king any more. — Chuck Palahniuk

No matter what eyewitness testimony is in the court of law, it is the lowest form of evidence in the court of science. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

One is never truly alone, even when our only company is our thoughts, because what are thoughts if not the memory of interactions with others? — Laura Esquivel

I feel as though someone's handed me the moon and I don't exactly know what to do with it. — Lucy Maud Montgomery

Most people, though, only see the surface reality of writing and think of writers as involved in quiet, intellectual work done in their study. If you have the strength to lift a coffee cup, they figure, you can write a novel. But once you try your hand at it, you soon find that it isn't as peaceful a job as it seems. — Haruki Murakami

If you develop opinions against people you've never met that cause you to have contempt, you should read their profile before you send friend requests to them next time... just advice, could help kid! just sayin — Malkiese Paythress

Good speakers usually find when they finish that there have been four versions of the speech: the one they delivered, the one they prepared, the one the newspapers say was delivered, and the one on the way home they wish they had delivered. — Dale Carnegie

Scarcely a day goes by without some claim that new technologies are fast writing newsprint's obituary. — Rupert Murdoch