Porcumine Quotes & Sayings

That's the way literary recognition works, at least to a certain degree. It's all a matter of rumor, a rumor that multiplies like a virus until it becomes a collective affinity. — Valeria Luiselli

A woman can never be too rich or too thin, but until very, very recently, she could be too powerful, for which - if she wasn't smart enough to camouflage herself - she generally paid the price. — Stacy Schiff

The real meaning of the spoken word has to be demonstrated by practical deeds — Nelson Mandela

All your life you compare and contrast, explore and search. But knowing yourself well is, well, elusive. — Stedman Graham

I go to see my kids in school plays. — Sean Bean

Eyes can pierce a skull. — Barbara Kingsolver

Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting. — Bill Gates

T this is human life: the war, the deeds,
The disappointment, the anxiety,
Imagination's struggles, far and nigh,
All human; bearing in themselves this good,
That they are still the air, the subtle food,
To make us feel existence, and to shew
How quiet death is. — John Keats

Flying back from New York, the flight attendant said 'God, I wished you were here yesterday, we had a stroke on the plane. I said, if I have a stroke on a plane, I hope the pretend doctor isn't the one on the plane. I want a real doctor. — Anthony Edwards

Progress comes not only in great leaps but also from hundreds of small steps. — Walter Isaacson

You're a powerful man,' she went on. 'And it's not only to do with your money or your title. You have the ability to make people feel valued, when you're not making them feel like rubbish. — Tessa Dare

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. — Gary Ryan Blair

The art of writing is not unlike the act of screaming. A constant flow of otherworldly emotions with tempos high and hymns low. All to amount to some purpose not so loudly spoken: the whisper of change the heart of a writer weeps to reap. — Rosca Marx

People fear the unforeseen and the unseen. Truth be told we all fear the unseen. — Lee Boyd Malvo

Throughout history, more has been lost to over-eager zealots than to mediocre slackers. A slacker leaves well enough alone. A zealot, a true patriot or company man, will keep pushing and pushing and pushing until the situation is screwed up beyond all recognition. If not properly motivated and constrained, a zealot is the most destructive force of all. — Patrick E. McLean