Ourania Sinos Quotes & Sayings

Fiction is the only way to redeem the formlessness of life — Martin Amis

Here's a pointer culled from the careers of men who have attained notable success: Don't sit in your office during the hours prospects can be seen. Do your office work before or after the hours during which possible customers can be reached. This may mean adding an hour or two quite often to your day's work; but in times like this particularly, the securing of a satisfactory amount of business through the expenditure of an extra hour or two a day is not an unreasonable price to pay. — B.C. Forbes

I thought the two ugly ones were sisters, but they got very insulted when I asked them. You could tell neither one of them wanted to look like the other one, and you couldn't blame them, but it was very amusing anyway. — J.D. Salinger

Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Mmm. Let me guess. I like to drink the blood of innocents, feast on the entrails of knights and eat the hearts of small children everywhere. (Sin)
Aye, that was much the consensus. (Callie)
Well, I hope you didn't go to such trouble to feed me. I fear 'tis off season for good blood, and knights can be rather testy when you disembowel them. (Sin) — Kinley MacGregor

It's not that hard to be glamorous in England. — Isabel Fonseca

I am aware that I am aware — David Benioff

Clarity is not a characteristic of the human spirit. — Robertson Davies

It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy. — Mercy Otis Warren

The Client," said the Dean. "The Client. Think of that above all. He's the one to live in the house you build. Your only purpose is to serve him. You must aspire to give the proper artistic expression to his wishes. Isn't that all one can say on the subject?" "Well, I could say that I must aspire to build for my client the most comfortable, the most logical, the most beautiful house that can be built. I could say that I must try to sell him the best I have and also teach him to know the best. I could say it, but I won't. Because I don't intend to build in order to serve or help anyone. I don't intend to build in order to have clients. I intend to have clients in order to build. — Anonymous

Disney is a delight, someone who ... sweeps those around him along on his dream. — Cory Doctorow

I'm so totally future oriented that, for me, I don't know what the future's about, but I can promise you it's gonna be exciting. — Kenny Rogers

America should do a reverse Columbus. The world no longer needs to discover America; but America urgently needs to discover the world's view of America. — Timothy Garton Ash

I'd rather make a mistake than do nothing. — Harry Chapin