Parraga 10 Quotes & Sayings

From a wine critic's perspective, there are far too many innocuous, over-oaked, over-acidified, or over-cropped wines emerging from California. While those sins would not be a problem if the wines sold for under $20, many are in fact $75-$150. That's appalling. — Robert M. Parker Jr.

It is impossible to improve the world if first the man does not improve — Plato

I navigate through the world with the excitement and determination of a child. That's why I'm an artist. I'd die without an outlet for expression. Unfortunately, more often than not, that childlike energy is the maturity level I bring to many circumstances. — Kurt Sutter

Politicians are less problem for us, our greatest challenge as a nation is coming from the pulpit. — Sunday Adelaja

I don't know: Why aren't people fascinated by air traffic controllers? — Kurt Fuller

Why cry over dried flowers?
They're meant to be straw.
Why cry over miniature roses?
They're meant to be small. — Marilyn Chin

If this book has made any point clear, I hope it's that things don't have to be real to be true. Or vice versa. — Grant Morrison

When I first started writing, I wrote a book called 'Bruiser,' and it was pretty much set in Chicago. — Richard House

Celebrity seems totally at odds with authentic community and honest, real sorts of relationships. — Rob Bell

I was first a reader and without readers what would be the point in writing. For those of you who love a good story, thank you for being willing to read what we writerly folk create. — Michelle Dennis Evans

I think having the cancer allowed me to be able to freely talk about my faith. — Paul Henderson

I love it when my justifications for avoiding housework are actually legitimate. — Julie Kenner

When you do understand the environment and can make an outstanding contribution, there's considerable wisdom in practicing humility. If you really are a plus one, people will notice - and they're even more likely to give you credit for it if you're not trying to rub their noses in your greatness. — Chris Hadfield

She leaned forward and staggered, as she confided in a whisper, "You're the sexiest guy I've ever seen too. You know, your long, scaly, reptilian tail really is bigger than anybody else's. Not that I've been with very many guys. Or was comparison shopping or anything." She hiccupped and watched him worriedly as he guffawed. "Have I just gone over a conversational cliff? — Thea Harrison

All our progress of luxury and knowledge ... we have not been lifted by as much as an inch above the level of the darkest ages ... The last hundred years have wrought no change in the passions, the cruelties, and the barbarous impulses of mankind. There is no change from the savagery of the Middle Ages. We enter a new century equipped with every wonderful device of science and art but the pirate, the savage, and the tyrant still survives. — Jim Harrison