Paningal Quotes & Sayings

If we're told that human ain't the highest among creatures,
then it'd be difficult to raise human dignity into current level. — Toba Beta

Caitriona Balfe, who is Irish, is also in my movie. I asked her to play her Irish accent in the movie, but her own brogue is so faint that I had to keep pumping it up. — Jodie Foster

Parenting is an exercise in unintended consequences. — Stacy Schiff

There is something to be said for the power of figureheads. After Hillary Clinton became secretary of state, a record number of countries posted female ambassadors to the U.S. - some of whom have dubbed this 'the Hillary effect.' — Jessica Valenti

I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system. — Clarence Thomas

But in all the annals of human vice, no power is as destructive or demonic as perverted sincerity — G. B. Caird

She was the kind of person who took care of things by herself. She'd never ask anybody for advice or help. It wasn't a matter of pride, I think. She just did what seemed natural to her. — Haruki Murakami

Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day. — Tom Hanks

Doomsday, when it came, wouldn't be a physical phenomenon; it would be an
all-inclusive erasure of simulectronic circuits. — Daniel F. Galouye

For 30 years I've been responsible for managing client money, and it's been a joy, but at some point I need to move on. Thirty years is enough. — Stanley Druckenmiller

pussy, Ryker. I've waited forever — Milly Taiden

Esta bien," Clara called back. They sat in silence a while longer. "You seem pretty relaxed," she said to Billy. "Pretty — Catherine Ryan Hyde

Whenever sorrow comes, be kind to it.
For God has placed a pearl in sorrow's hand. — Rumi

Follow your star, it's never too late, even if it doesn't quite happen as you expect. — Jemima Pett

You must become a free man so that you have "Sidik Paningal; Java" (lucidity and precision of sight). Later, you achieve the peak of detachment of sight (Ma'rifat), where you see something to the horizon with great clarity. Do not take another step before you are certain that the path you take is the right one. Failure is another matter; what matters is precision. — Emha Ainun Nadjib