Olwenya Maina Quotes & Sayings

I'm not a big fan of TV. It's an unavoidable situation being Ozzy Osbourne, people want you to go on chat shows, and I'm not good at it. I don't feel comfortable doing it. — Ozzy Osbourne

It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them. — Erica Jong

If religion is the opiate of the people, tradition is an even more sinister analgesic, simply because it rarely appears sinister. If religion is a tight band, a throbbing vein, and a needle, tradition is a far homelier concoction: poppy seeds ground into tea; a sweet cocoa drink laced with cocaine; the kind of thing your grandmother might have made. — Zadie Smith

Peace on this planet will not be forged by military strength. It will be forged by those who come together despite their government's differences. — Dan Brown

There are right and wrong reasons for doing solo projects, and this album was done for the right reasons. At the time there was no Judas Priest and I certainly wasn't going to hang my hat up on my musical career. — Glenn Tipton

Religion is not a book, it is not an institution, and it is not even a person. True Religion is realization of the self. — Abhijit Naskar

Beauty not to be seen but to be felt and the beauty is everywhere. Just open your heart. — Giridhar Alwar

I never wear makeup when I'm not at work. It can make you forget what you look like, and I've grown to really love the way I look without it. — Leighton Meester

All the best, greatest, purest and worthiest things in life are beyond all market-value and that the gifts of the gods are not for sale. — Marie Corelli

I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice. — Lech Walesa

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic. — Theodor Adorno

Church always seemed the same. Jess could tune it out the same way he tuned out school, with his body standing up and sitting down in unison with the rest of the congregation but his mind numb and floating, not really thinking or dreaming but at least free. — Katherine Paterson