Paktor Quotes & Sayings

Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a most undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves. Once this is understood, the disagreeable behavior of American enlisted men in German prisons ceases to be a mystery. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

I heard what you said. I'm not the silly romantic you think. I don't want the heavens or the shooting stars. I don't want gemstones or gold. I have those things already. I want ... a steady hand. A kind soul. I want to fall asleep, and wake, knowing my heart is safe. I want to love, and be loved. — Shana Abe

He's a waiter, not a Mafia stooge, so what's he going to do? Blac pepper them to death? Compliment them into a coma? Run them over with the dessert trolley? — Marian Keyes

Scars fade with time. And the ones that never go away, well, they build character, maturity, caution. — Erin McCarthy

A basic framework for happiness:

- Time spent daily, hopefully in a job that challenges us, but also in our after-hours hobbies.

- An ability to show ourselves that we are making consistent progress and improvements toward a specified goal.

- Energy and attention dedicated each day to an activity that puts us in the zone. — Steve Kamb

The criminal classes are so close to us that even the policemen can see them. They are so far away from us that only the poet can understand them. — Oscar Wilde

I always think before I speak. I'm not the sort who will just say anything that comes to my mind. I'm a very emotional and sensitive person. But I'm also very strong and know my mind well. — Deepika Padukone

In this denial of the right to participate in government, not merely the degradation of woman and the perpetuation of a great injustice happens, but the maiming and repudiation of one-half of the moral and intellectual power of the government of the world. — Frederick Douglass

We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed. — Timothy Keller

I could not bear the silences when the drum stopped. I sank down into the depths of the sound of the rain. — Yasunari Kawabata

Cars are little privacy cocoons that we take with us. If you could refuel while driving you could, theoretically, stay moving forever. — Barry Lyga

These kinds of mini-enterprises...prolonged the precious, Elysian period of childhood in a way I did not see in the US, where kids started hanging out at the mall and acted like teeny boppers from age 9 or 10. — Euny Hong