Oaja Ca Quotes & Sayings

The word he used was not "wallowing," there being no animals on Anarres to make wallows; it was a compound, meaning literally "coating continually and thickly with excrement." The flexibility and precision of Pravic lent itself to the creation of vivid metaphors quite unforeseen by its inventors. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Eric Seven does not believe in love at first sight.
He corrects himself.
Even in that moment, the moment that it happens, he fees his journalist's brain make a correction, rubbing out a long-held belief, writing a new one in its place.
He did not believe in love at first sight. He thinks he might do so now. — Marcus Sedgwick

Doing acting opened up other creative outlets; it made me feel freer as an artist. — Common

While there may be an infinite number of roads to Rome, none of them changes Rome. — Mike Dooley

fearful. Send no more troops here. We will endeavor to prevent — Daniel Stashower

The proof of gold is fire ... — Benjamin Franklin

A Christian is committed to the belief that Love and Mercy are the most powerful forces on earth. — Thomas Merton

I've never once in my life known a person who was successful who didn't have a big ego. Ego's not a bad thing. — Donald Trump

Broken Window Theory: Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not repaired, the tendency is for vandals to break a few more windows. Eventually, they may even break into the building, and if it's unoccupied, perhaps become squatters or light fires inside. Or consider a sidewalk. Some litter accumulates. Soon, more litter accumulates. Eventually, people even start leaving bags of trash from take-out restaurants there or even break into cars. — James Q. Wilson

We were the outliers: my mother was the only Western woman (khawagayya, in Egyptian Arabic) to have married into the family, and during my childhood, we were the only members living outside of Egypt. So between my father's prestige as the eldest son and my own exotic pedigree, I basked in the spotlight. — Shereen El Feki

The art of utterance persuades initially by its music and its rhythm, before semiotic or personal characteristics come into play. — Helen Vendler

If in 100 years I am only known as the man who invented Sherlock Holmes then I will have considered my life a failure. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Your lips are for songs about rivers in the morning and lakes at twilight. — Sinclair Lewis