Olszynka Quotes & Sayings

You can't imagine how much more work I had when I was a god. — Hirohito

Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality. — Sheri S. Tepper

The forties and fifties were years of high poet-incense; the language-flowers were thickly sweet. Those flowers whined and begged white folks to pick them, to find them lovable. Then the '60s: Independent fire! — Gwendolyn Brooks

My brother Bill, who is a year older, is a climber, and when I was in the seventh grade, he taught me how to rappel off the frozen waterfall in our backyard. — Ann Bancroft

I like Plutarch because I've read him forever, and I know that he's incredibly funky, even though his mainstream image is as Mr. Unfunky. — John D'Agata

The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error. — Voltaire

Art is great fun but it's not important. What's important is to be healthy and love. — Marty Rubin

TV and comics and movies are what you think about when you think about geek, but people can be a geek about anything. — Felicia Day

What consoles one nowadays is not repentance but pleasure. Repentance is quite out of date. — Oscar Wilde

I end up standing in front of the nearby painting with my arms and legs open wide, flapping them around and doing a damn fine imitation of a demented hooker doing an upright snow-angel as I try to protect the painting from damage. — Elle Casey

He did nothing and knew how to do nothing. He — Anton Chekhov

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. — Adlai E. Stevenson II