Piknyk Quotes & Sayings

It is easier for a man to be thought fit for an employment that he has not, than for one he stands already possessed of, and is exercising. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We live in a blatantly corrupt world and smart people engage in the wise practice of risk management. — Steven Magee

Never accept yourself as a finished product. Be a finished product when you die. As long as you have breath in your lungs, expand yourself. — Brandi L. Bates

I try imagining myself in forty years, but it's like trying to picture what lies beyond the universe. — Haruki Murakami

We don't like writing. We like having written. — Debra Dixon

You really get the most out of sweet corn if you pick the corn off the stalk and rush it to a pot of boiling water. The longer you wait, the more sugar you lose. But if you get it in the first half hour, that is the sweetest corn ever. — Sam Donaldson

Let every dawn of morning be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close. — John Ruskin

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown up children - and creatures so relatively selfish and cruel as children necessarily are without knowing it or meaning it, cannot be called natural. — George Bernard Shaw

Businesses owned by responsible and organized merchants shall eventually surpass those owned by wealthy rulers. — Ibn Khaldun

I'm going to try to keep getting better. — Tiger Woods

Tonight sucks. And look at me. Look at - look at stupid Buffy. Too dumb for college, and-and-and freak Buffy, too strong for construction work. And-and my job at the magic shop? I was bored to tears even before the hour that wouldn't end. And the only person that I can even stand to be around is a ... neutered vampire who cheats at kitten poker. — Joss Whedon

I wanted to do everything. I wanted to be a pilot. I wanted to be a secret agent. I wanted to be a fireman and a doctor, all that. So I related that through movies and stuff. — Josh Holloway

I got very keen on biography because I wanted to change it. I wanted to stretch the form. I think of it as a way of capturing souls. — Ann Wroe

It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans. — Van Wyck Brooks

You took your clothes off?"
"You didn't notice?"
"No! Jeez Louise, I don't even know you."
"If you look under the covers, you'll know me better."
"I don't want to know you better!"
"That's a big fib," Diesel said. — Janet Evanovich