Okuyucu Kitap Quotes & Sayings

The cult phenomenon is definitely journalistically 'in'. But if we were to apply for a financial aid grant as a cult, I'm afraid we would be turned down for lack of proper qualifications. — Frederick Lenz

Age is information failure. The body loses fluency. — Jeanette Winterson

Self-love is the source of that ignorant conceit of knowledge which is always doing and never succeeding. — Plato

If Japanese tea 'stands,' it acquires a coarse bitterness and an unwholesome astringency. Milk and sugar are not used. — Isabella Bird

For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation. — Fritz Todt

Here was food for reflection: Kitty had never heard the Chinese spoken of as anything but decadent, dirty, and unspeakable. It was as though the corner of a curtain were lifted for a moment, and she caught a glimpse of a world rich with a color and significance she had not dreamt of. — W. Somerset Maugham

Although many successful givers start from the default of trusting others' intentions, they're also careful to scan their environments to screen for potential takers, always ready to shift from feeling a taker's emotions to analyzing a taker's thoughts, and flex from giving unconditionally to a more measured approach of generous tit for tat. And when they feel inclined to back down, successful givers are prepared to draw reserves of assertiveness from their commitments to the people who matter to them. — Adam M. Grant

Life is not a wish granting factory. — John Green

Love is like a roller coaster. When it's good, you don't want to stop and when it's not ... you want to throw up. — Maxine

In terms of soul work, we dare not get rid of the pain before we have learned what it has to teach us. — Richard Rohr