Okapi Animal Quotes & Sayings

A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be praised, But wisdom is a pearl with most success Sought in still waters. — William Cowper

I play defense and I'm a unique defender because I'm tall and slim but I also have great speed. — Steve Purdy

I think that good storytelling of any kind does promote a humility in that it encourages you to see the world the way that other people see it. — Jonathan Dee

He should have been everything I ever wanted because he truly was more than I deserved. But I'd settled all these years, looking for normal because I was afraid of greatness. — Amelia Gates

Donald Westlake's Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you've been telling yourself about War and Peace and Proust-these are the books you'll want on that desert island. — Lawrence Block

For the serious mediocre writer convention makes him sound like a lot of other people; for the popular writer it gives him a formula he can exploit; for the serious good writer it releases his experiences or emotions from himself and incorporates them into literature, where they belong. — Northrop Frye

It's a relief not having to thank Somebody for every mouthful you eat. (I dare say I'm blasphemous; but you'd be, too, if you'd offered as much obligatory thanks as I have.) — Jean Webster

Literature is inexhaustible, with every book a homage to infinity — Bertrand Russell

Technology makes things faster and more cost-effective, but it's not perfect. It requires you to be as flexible as you can be. — John Phillips

I think we need to consider a radical rewrite of any form of patriotism that serves the individual at the expense of the community, as that is nothing more than patriotism to one's own small and solitary cause. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more. — Ziggy Marley

A year of contentment is worth more than ten of prosperity. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I'm a serial monogamist. — James Purefoy

As you get out and try to do things, you always find that in order to make an idea a reality, it goes through some changes. It doesn't always come out exactly like you envisioned it. — Steve Forbert

We appreciate size, but only if it is robust growth. Just to be big is not a target. — Alexei Mordashov