Palooka 1934 Quotes & Sayings

Like a button on a shirt buttoned wrong, every attempt to correct things led to yet another fine
not to say elegant
mess. — Haruki Murakami

I think a person who wants too much is asking to be disappointed ... I'd like to be good at just one thing. — Alyson Hagy

The world of wine is more creative than the world of cooking. — Alain Ducasse

Climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but no, it's been a driving passion in my life, and, uh, I've always wanted to climb the Matterhorn. It was the mountain that, sort of, inspired me to climb, as a youngster. — Andy Serkis

Over the years since that time I seemed to fall back into sales as a mainstay of existence of some kind, and I have learned many valuable lessons along the way. It has not always been rainbows and sunshine, but I have tried to gain knowledge from every experience along the journey. There have been many, many great moments; far too many to recount in one sitting. It is the great moments that outweigh the others. — Michael Delaware

If you take your thumb and your index finger and look right where they meet - go ahead and do that now - and relax your hand, you'll see a crinkle, and then a wrinkle within the crinkle, and a crinkle within the wrinkle. Right? Your body is covered with fractals. — Ron Eglash

As he continued to talk to me, I realized one of the fundamental points about Islamism that so many people fail to understand. The way Osman was speaking wasn't in the orthodox, religious way of the imam with a stick; he was talking about politics, about events that were happening now. That's crucial to understanding what Islamism is all about: it isn't a religious movement with political consequences, it is a political movement with religious consequences. — Maajid Nawaz

A man shouldn't go crying like that, people will think you're weak. — Ryuhei Tamura

I don't believe in seeing evil in everything. I leave that to the inquisitors. — Eugene Ionesco

You may be keeping accounts, and presently you shall walk out of the door that for so long has seemed to you the barrier of your ideals, and shall find yourself before an audience - the pen still behind your ear, the ink stains on your fingers and then and there shall pour out the torrent of your inspiration. — James Allen

After the most basic physical requirements are satisfied, human happiness is almost independent of wealth. A meaningful job is far more important. — Graeme Simsion

You only live once so you've got to get it right — Mike Gayle

Filmmaking is such a collaboration. At a certain point, I suppose you do have to let go and trust the people you're working with. — Madonna Ciccone

When choosing your relationships, be guided by your life's purpose, your vision and your dreams. — Mensah Oteh

Yeah i saw An Inconvenient Truth, and i dont want to say it was preachy but let's not kid ourselves, i've got far more important work to do — Zach Braff