Oysterous Quotes & Sayings

A thought is a hard thing to control. — Susanna Kaysen

Don't rely on logic alone, nor speculation. Don't infer or be deceived by appearances. — Gautama Buddha

The room was full when I walked in, but as soon as I took my place behind the desk, my nervousness left me. — Azar Nafisi

An individual can't create anything itself. All of our dreams come true with the cooperation and co-creation of other souls. — Hina Hashmi

He's a bit set in his ways."
"Congealed, I should think. — Terry Pratchett

The great chandeliers hang silent. The tables in the vast dining room overlooking the lake are spread with white cloth and silver as if for dinners before the war. At a little after 4, into the green room with the slow walk of aged people, the Nabokovs come. He wears a navy blue cardigan, a blue-checked shirt, gray slacks and a tie. His shoes have crepe soles. He is balding, with a fringe of gray hair. His hazel-green eyes are watering, oysterous, as he says. He is 75, born on the same day as Shakespeare, April 23. He is at the end of a great career, a career half-carved out of a language not his own. — James Salter

We all struggle. It's just that some of us struggle out loud and some of us don't. — Renae A. Sauter

She was pretty in the way water is tasty: it does the job, but lacks pizzazz.
(Skye on Charlie) — Lisi Harrison

Nuclear scientists lost their innocence when we used the atom bomb for the very first time. So we could argue computer scientists lost their innocence in 2009 when we started using malware as an offensive attack weapon. — Mikko Hypponen

I love 'X Factor,' and I love Sharon: she's brilliant. — Katie Price

Nobody involved in a conflict thinks they're the villain. — David Wong

Relationship is an art. The dream that two people create is more difficult to master than one. — Miguel Angel Ruiz

Last forever!' Who hasn't prayed that prayer? You were lucky to get it in the first place. The present is a freely given canvas. That it is constantly being ripped apart and washed downstream goes without saying. — Annie Dillard

To some people, knowledge and science are everything. To me, God is everything I don't know. — Kevin Sessums