Reclining Pigeon Quotes & Sayings

If a man has any genuine talent he should be ready to make almost any sacrifice in order to cultivate it to the full. — G.H. Hardy

Do not compete with anyone. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When I wake up, I wake to something worse. It's the astonishment of being myself — Jorge Luis Borges

Obviously, the institution of marriage in America has utterly collapsed. — Paul Singer

Why do you taste like dessert?" Iona wanted to know. He deliberately let his eyes widen. "Because I'm awesome? — Cynthia Eden

Even though Graham and I went back to arguing and stealing socks and hiding each other's toothbrushes in the litter box, I didn't forget that Graham didn't think I needed a best friend, because either it meant he thought I was cool enough to handle everything alone or - and this was what I hoped - it meant that he was my best friend, quietly, forever, no matter what.
I mean, after all, whose skates had I been wearing? — Hannah Moskowitz

Best gifts: love, prayer, books! — Lailah Gifty Akita

O Conscience, into what abyss of fears
And horrors hast thou driven me, out of which
I find no way, from deep to deeper plunged. — John Milton

The science of the spirit and its relationship to the body in which it indwells is a complex conundrum. Life is not what it appears to be. Life is wholesome, and this unison of synergistic amalgamations persuade the common view that one thing is the other. But one thing is many things - at the one time - and this simple truth goes to the essence of all life with its manifold complexities. — Gabriel Brunsdon

The leprosy of unreality disfigured every human creature in attendance. — Charles Dickens

I really don't get this whole oranges thing. It's like, does he want to eat them or go out with them? — Hillary DePiano

just patience is needed and nothing is permanent." And — Osho

I was in bands, but they were punk bands, and you plug in the guitars, you turn them up really loud, you've got four or five other people on stage with you, you've got some protection from when they throw lighters. You can always hide behind the lead singer or the bass player. — Oscar Isaac

We are at a turning point; the exploitation has now reached a pitch where the disenfranchised and exploited can look to a culpable minority with vengeful eyes. This minority, though, cannot be defined by the color of their skin but by the color of their god. Green. — Russell Brand

Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise. — Emile M. Cioran