Penina Taylor Quotes & Sayings

Because our goals are not lofty but illusory, our problems are not difficult, but nonsensical. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

New York is beautiful, but [the South] makes it look like a wasteland. — Matana Roberts

If we learn to know that there is no enemy but we only have friend with misunderstanding then peace will be there. — Debasish Mridha

Tomorrow we will do beautiful things. — Antonio Gaudi

I loved Tolkien and while I wished to have written his book, I had no desire at all to write like him. Tolkien's words and sentences seemed like natural things, like rock formations or waterfalls, and wanting to write like Tolkien would have been, for me, like wanting to blossom like a cherry tree or climb a tree like a squirrel or rain like a thunderstorm. Chesterton was the complete opposite. I was always aware, reading Chesterton, that there was someone writing this who rejoiced in words, who deployed them on the page as an artist deploys his paints upon his palette. Behind every Chesterton sentence there was someone painting with words, and it seemed to me that at the end of any particularly good sentence or any perfectly-put paradox, you could hear the author, somewhere behind the scenes, giggling with delight. — Neil Gaiman

Yes, I thought I was joining Manchester United, I was misled by all involved. I wasnt aware of another Manchester team — Robinho

Acting is a very strange job. — Lena Olin

You would notice if your own personal debit card limit shot up to $40 million dollars. And you'd probably call somebody. — Loretta Lynch