Onthisdateinhiphop Quotes & Sayings

What makes us humans? We are not good or bad. We are yes, no, and maybe all at once. Machines are neither good or back either. It is the people using them who make the distinction. — Jennifer Megan Varnadore

Life is a chain of happenings that are either purely random or predestined. — Steven Redhead

I cry for a little girl's dreams. I cry because the dreams will not die, though I am powerless to make them come true. — Glen Cook

And I began to feel sorry for myself; for so many years, my drawer full of memories had held the same old stories. — Paulo Coelho

...the spiritual disorder of our time, the civilizational crisis of which everyone so readily speaks, does not by any means have to be born as an inevitable fate; that, on the contrary, everyone possesses the means of overcoming it in his own life. And our effort should not only indicate the means, but also how to employ them. No one is obliged to take part in the spiritual crises of society; on the contrary, everyone is obliged to avoid the folly and live his life in order. — Eric Voegelin

Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French. — Bette Midler

To see talented people in roles that others might not see them in, to see how they might fit in the puzzle of the cast, has always been something that I've been good at. I think that if you look at the successes of my films and start to peel them back, there's usually a really smart casting decision that has gone into that success. — Jon Favreau

Something very strange is going on in the depths of space. — Carl Sagan

Sometimes nothing is the best thing to say and often the best thing to do. — Michael Thomas Sunnarborg

Etsuko was given the name Esther by her teacher, Mr. Slater, on her first day of school. "It's his mother's name," she explained. To which we replied, "So is yours. — Julie Otsuka

A master was once unmoved by the complaints of his disciples that, though they listened with pleasure to his parables and stories, they were also frustrated for they longed for something deeper. To all their objections he would simply reply: 'You have yet to understand, my friends, that the shortest distance between a human being and truth is a story.' — Anthony De Mello

Paste just might be my favorite music magazine. They have shed light on many incredible, under-appreciated folks over the years, helping me find new tunes to accompany me through life. We were honored to give a song in return. — Jon Foreman

I don't want to be grotesque, but when you're 330 pounds, it's hard to wipe your ass. You know? — Mike Tyson