Quejandote Quotes & Sayings

Oh, a bookshop. Why not pop in and buy a little Kant? And perhaps just a quarter-pound of Kafka. Don't bother to wrap it, thanks. I'll eat it here. — Frederick Busch

I prefer a quartet, it makes everyone work harder. — Adrian Belew

The TV people. I like calling them that. The TV people. And they have TVs for heads and their faces can change when the channels change. — Paul Tremblay

On issue after issue, the counterpoints to the conservative principle of the free market are the progressive principles of human dignity and the common good. We are interested in a market that serves human values, not humans who serve a market. Take — George Lakoff

Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes. — Natalia Makarova

Often the greatest progress happen in the most difficult of times. — Jeanette Coron

The modern age has witnessed the rise of a number of new natural-law religions, such as liberalism, Communism, capitalism, nationalism and Nazism. These creeds do not like to be called religions, and refer to themselves as ideologies. — Yuval Noah Harari

Children, in the present dark age of materialism, chanting the mantra is the easiest way for us to obtain inner purification and concentration. Japa can be done at any time, anywhere, without observing any rule regarding the purity of mind and body. Japa can be done while engaged in any task. — Mata Amritanandamayi

I never dreamed of being a flagbearer. Every athlete has a wish to get to the Olympic Games. I had that wish, but to carry the flag of your country is doubly thrilling. — Shani Davis

It had been too much for Edith to take and she had gone to her room so that her nieces wouldn't see her cry anymore. — Anna Godbersen

Religion has accepted and almost "Christianized" the machine, and it is dying from this, whether through absurdity and hypocrisy, as in the past, or through capitulation and suicide, as today. It is as if there were only two sins, unbelief and unchastity; the machine is neither an unbeliever nor is it unchaste; therefore one may sprinkle it with holy water in good conscience. — Frithjof Schuon

I pace the room, trying to figure out a solution. She can't stay here. But I want her to stay. I can't share a bathroom with her, but I don't really want anyone else to share a bathroom with her, either. I'm a little bit selfish, apparently. — Colleen Hoover

We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems. — Margaret Mead

There wasn't a single good character in 'Titanic' who was English and this is typical. — David Warner