Patara Bavshvebi Quotes & Sayings

A book, being a physical object, engenders a certain respect that zipping electrons cannot. Because you cannot turn a book off, because you have to hold it in your hands, because a book sits there, waiting for you, whether you think you want it or not, because of all these things, a book is a friend. It's not just the content, but the physical being of a book that is there for you always and unconditionally. — Mo Willems

You can take the ape out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the ape. — John Steiner

He fumbled around with his eyes closed. He groped about, reaching for the comfortable and familiar shaft of his hammer. — Neil Gaiman

[On boxing] [For] The Chicago Code, I did some boxing. It makes you stand differently when you know you can punch someone out. — Jennifer Beals

Notice if you are holding your breath after inhaling, and if so, what are you afraid of letting go. Or are you holding it after exhaling, and what are you afraid of letting in. — Shilpi Somaya Gowda

I don't take so-called "vacations" often. In fact vacations are more stressful than the lives my wife and I worked hard to set up for ourselves in New York. It seems like being on vacation is like normal living, which is not very satisfying. It means we're figuring out what to make for lunch today, and that seems like such an absurd way to live. The issue of dealing with that doesn't seem to be so prominent back home. It sounds so silly and ridiculous, but it's really the way it is. We love what we do, so I prefer being in the studio; that's really living for me. — Ryan McGinness

Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that. — Val Kilmer

I got beat up up in Texas because my bootlaces were the wrong color. — Fairuza Balk