Nyesha Harrington Quotes & Sayings

If I had not been a monk, I would have become an engineer. — Dalai Lama

People could bear so much, but Simon did not know how much of the original you was left when the world had twisted you into a whole different shape. — Cassandra Clare

Check my riddle, and I'll let you play my fiddle. — Zack Love

I am suggesting that we don't put the "income" cart before the "contentment" horse. — Miles Anthony Smith

Sometimes good people have to do bad things. It's nothing personal. It's just life, — Belle Aurora

Why so surprised, White Wolf? he murmurs, smiling a little. There is something in the way he says my Elite name, a secret sweetness.
Why so surprised that you are worthy? — Marie Lu

I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief that Muslims can be strong and rich again if they follow the Islamic law severely and in its entirety. This is a response to the trauma of modern Islam. — Daniel Pipes

The god of Moses would call for other tribes, including his favorite one, to suffer massacre and plague and even extirpation, but when the grave closed over his victims he was essentially finished with them unless he remembered to curse their succeeding progeny. Not until the advent of the Prince of Peace do we hear of the ghastly idea of further punishing and torturing the dead. — Christopher Hitchens

What manner of man is this, or what manner of creature is it in the semblance of man? — Bram Stoker

My dad told me that when I was born my cheeks were so fat the doctors didn't know which end to spank. — Sean Covey

RULES OF LYING:
1. Figure out your lie before you open your mouth.
2. Play on your opponent's sympathies and weaknesses
3. Dance around the lie with distracting truth. They're far more convincing.
4. Picture the lie in your head as if it were the truth. They want to see how it's coming up.
5. Never forget which is the lie and which is the truth.
6. If you say something that brings you trouble, pretend that was actually the lie. Lie and say you were joking before, and aren't you funny? It's a quick escape from a sticky situation. It's the liars trapdoor.
7. Avoid it if at all possible.
8. Keep up your poker face. Never have a "tell" or a physical gesture that will give yourself away and let your opponent know your bluffing. — Kristin Walker

Pick at random any three letters from the alphabet, put them in any order, and you will have an acronym designating a federal agency we can do without. — Milton Friedman

So I just let go with one hand, and just sort of swung around, looked at the Earth below and the black space above and the sun over my shoulder. And, I mean, it was this incredible, spectacular view. — Rusty Schweickart

The character of the person would outweigh the color of his skin and the reputation of his heritage. — R.A. Salvatore

These diagnostic profiles like depression, ADHD, autism, dyslexia, it's half science and the other half is a committee of doctors bickering over what it should be, and it has changed. It's not precise like a diagnosis of tuberculosis would be very precise. — Temple Grandin