Ny Ri K Pek Quotes & Sayings

Hurricanes have killed more people worldwide in the last 50 years than any other natural cataclysm. — Kerry Emanuel

Do you realise that Eve was the only woman who ever took a man's side? — Milton Berle

What are we watching?" [ ... ]
[ ... ] He hugged her closer. "The sacrifices I make for you -just watch."
She was intrigued enough to pay attention to the screen. "Pride and Prejudice," she read out. "It's a book written by a human. Nineteenth century?"
"Uh-huh."
"The hero is ... Mr. Darcy?"
"Yes. According to Ti, he's the embodiment of male perfection." Dev ripped open a bag of chips he'd grabbed and put it in Katya's hands. "I don't know -the guy wears tights. — Nalini Singh

The tedium vitae so constant in antiquity was due to the fact that the outstanding individual was what others could not be; the inspiration of modern times will be that any man who finds himself, religiously speaking, has only achieved what every one can achieve. — Soren Kierkegaard

In Gujarat, we had the world record of largest number of chess games in a single venue - 20,500 - and in Tamil Nadu, I have been emphasizing on the positives of chess to the authorities. — Viswanathan Anand

An able reader often discovers in other people's writings perfections beyond those that the author put in or perceived, and lends them richer meanings and aspects. — Michel De Montaigne

It is a feeble compassion that pulls up short where self-interest begins. — Norm Phelps

It was the sweetest, kindest, most selfless thing anyone has done for me in a long time and that in and of itself scared the shit out of me. — Sawyer Bennett

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair. — Alfred Tennyson

One can read all one wants, and spend eternities in front of a blackboard with a tutor, but one is not going to learn to swim until one gets in the water. — David Mamet

Gisele Bundchen is a bit of a jock. 1 of my fave shoots is her playing football — Anna Wintour

Do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances that my voluntary acts have placed me face to face with death, I cannot recall a single one where any alternative step to that I took occurred to me until many hours later. My mind is evidently so constituted that I am subconsciously forced into the path of duty without recourse to tiresome mental processes. However that may be, I have never regretted that cowardice is not optional with me. — Edgar Rice Burroughs

It is not that things give meaning to words; it is that meaning makes things "things." It does not make things in their subsistence; but it does make things in their discreteness for the understanding. — Richard M. Weaver

The sun is simple. A sword is simple. A storm is simple. Behind everything simple is a huge tail of complicated. — Terry Pratchett