Pereirinha Fina Quotes & Sayings

There is magic in all life. — Nadia Scrieva

I think that's why I write - the not knowing and the blasted good feeling I get out of it all. — Chila Woychik

It's our potential for good stuff I'm most interested in exploring, but that has most meaning when juxtaposed with things that can go wrong. — Morris Gleitzman

An adult female orang-utan cannot defeat an adult male spotted hyena. That is the plain empirical truth. Let it become known among zoologists. Had Orange Juice been a male, had she loomed as large on the scales as she did in my heart, it might have been another matter. But portly and overfed though she was from living in the comfort of a zoo, even so she tipped the scales at barely 110 pounds. Female orang-utans are half the size of males. But it is not simply a question of weight and brute strength. Orange Juice was far from defenseless. What it comes down to is attitude and knowledge. What does a fruit eater know about killing? Where would it learn where to bite, how hard, for how long? An orang-utan may be taller, may have very strong and agile arms and long canines, but if it does not know how to use these as weapons, they are of little use. The hyena, with only its jaws, will overcome the ape because it knows what it wants and how to get it. — Yann Martel

My father knows me better than anyone. He can tell me over the phone what I'm doing wrong. — Jorge Posada

Code without tests is bad code. It doesn't matter how well written it is; it doesn't matter how pretty or object-oriented or well-encapsulated it is. With tests, we can change the behavior of our code quickly and verifiably. Without them, we really don't know if our code is getting better or worse. — Michael C. Feathers

She can't go into public care," he explained. "She'd pine away. The poor simpleton is far too used to me." That was when Fandorin really astounded him. "I envy you," he said, sighing. "You're a fortunate man, Tulipov. At such a young age you already have reason to respect yourself - something you can be proud of. The Lord has given you a firm center for the whole of your life. — Boris Akunin

And he that will go to bed sober, Falls with the leaf still in October. — Dario Fo

I don't think I've ever been accused of being faddish. I'm more Marks & Spencer than Ted Baker. — David Miliband

With photography, you are lucky if you get people to look at your pictures at some point. There's no formal way to show them. — Anton Corbijn

He doesn't care if my trainers get wet because we're at the seaside and it doesn't matter at the seaside, nothing matters at the seaside. — John King