Peter The Great Brainy Quotes & Sayings

Seldom have I known any profound being that had anything to say to this world, unless forced to stammer out something by way of getting a living. Oh! happy that the world is such an excellent listener! — Herman Melville

The outright propagandist sets up in me such a fury of opposition I am not apt to care much whether he has got his facts straight or not. He is like someone standing on your toes between you and an open window, describing the view to you. All I ask of him to do is to open the window, stand out of the way, and let me look at the view for myself. — Katherine Anne Porter

I find it very hard not to be myself and maybe that does attract attention, but I'd be miserable if I wasn't. — Sienna Miller

The road to freedom is a beautiful system — Phil Jackson

Life is full of uncertainties, perhanps one day some unforeseen circumstance would bring her into his life once more — Murasaki Shikibu

I've been called treacherous, stupid, venal, lazy ..and that's only by the Tories. — Peter MacKay

You can't criticize Bob Dylan's singing. You have to respect Billy Joel as a brilliant poet. You can't tell me there's a better rock band ever than Led Zeppelin. And if you speak during the Eagles' "Last Resort," we're done. I'm just asking for seven minutes. This stuff really matters, you know. — Charlie Sheen

I'm not a poster boy for Conservation International. I'm a working member of the board. — Harrison Ford

"Well then! it was the end; his ruin was complete. Even if he mended the cables and lit the fires, where would he find men? Another fortnight's strike and he would be bankrupt. And in this certainty of disaster he no longer felt any hatred of the Montsou bandits; he felt that all had a hand in it, that it was a general agelong fault. They were brutes, no doubt, but brutes who could not read, and who were dying of hunger. — Emile Zola