Oogway Best Quotes & Sayings

You don't read books by living people?" "Living authors don't have any merit." "Why's that?" "Dead authors, as a rule, seem more trusting than live ones. — Anonymous

A life without books is a thirsty life, and one without poetry is ... like a life without pictures. — Stephen King

But you have to take all of those things, you have to take into consideration the paths, the roadways, how much cloud cover there is, how much foliage cover there is, whether there are streams, all of that comes into play. — Richard Serra

Magic always struck me as hard and dangerous work...not that there are any words you can put before "work" that makes it sound attractive. Certainly not "dangerous" or "hard. — Mark Lawrence

You know, I've been attending so many banquets that I know what they're going to serve before I get there. — Knute Rockne

The key to human happiness lies within our own state of mind, and so too do the primary obstacles to that happiness. — Dalai Lama

She didn't get angry with anyone, because that would mean having to react, having to do battle with the enemy and then having to face unforeseen consequences, such as vengeance. — Paulo Coelho

All humans are born with the ability to be attracted to both sexes. I mean, I could see myself in a relationship with a girl. — Rihanna

Well, I know a guy, he's from far far away
He's a songwriter, he got something to say
He says, "People in this city are too busy to hang out
This town's so spread out, no one would hear you if you shout"
Everyone's got a script to sell and someplace else they want to be
There's always a lock that would open if you could just find the key"
(It Ain't Easy Being Green) — Shannon McNally

Verily, God hath eighteen thousand worlds; and verily, your world is one of them, and this its bright axle-tree. — Dorothy Dunnett

I like to foster an atmosphere on set of collaboration and openness and risk taking. The beauty is when you have such brilliantly talented people as I did in my cast, you definitely don't want to fetter them in any sense. You want them to be able to go out there and do their thing and feel confident in doing their thing, because ultimately I'm the person who gets the credit which is great. — Dan Mazer

But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse — Cormac McCarthy

Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is some thing in them. — Christian D. Larson

You see, reason, gentlemen, is a fine thing, that is unquestionable, but reason is only reason and satisfies only man's reasoning capacity, while wanting is a manifestation of the whole of life. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Richard Flanagan