Recuerdan In English Quotes & Sayings

There is a secret that the casinos possess, a secret they hold and guard and prize, the holiest of their mysteries. For most people do not gamble to win money, after all, although that is what is advertised, sold, claimed, and dreamed. But that is merely the easy lie that gets them through the enormous, ever-open, welcoming doors.
The secret is this: people gamble to lose money. They come to the casinos for the moment in which they feel alive, to ride the spinning wheel and turn with the cards and lose themselves, with the coins, in the slots. They may brag about the nights they won, the money they took from the casino, but they treasure, secretly treasure, the times they lost. It's a sacrifice, of sorts. — Neil Gaiman

The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance. — Jane Austen

Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired as advisor to the actors, I was trying to make Jesuits out of them. — Daniel Berrigan

A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last. — Jeff Bezos

Gluten is this Generation's Tobacco — David Perlmutter

We are only as blind as we want to be. — Maya Angelou

Sometimes you caught a break, but outright freebies?
Never. — Stephen King

It is natural for us to think that our present discontent arises as a result of something we currently do not have. We imagine there might be a way of abolishing the feeling if only we had the money, fame, job, or health that currently evades us. But people from all walks of life seem to experience the same kind of dissatisfaction that we do, even when they have the very things we believe would make our lives whole. And on the occasions when we gain the thing we believe will make us happy, we find that the satisfaction we experience is at best partial and at worst utterly unfulfilling. — Peter Rollins

What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy ... it doesn't work. — Mo Ibrahim

Perfect creatures find no worth in imperfect things. — T.A. Chase

Pain is absurd because it exists, nothing more. — Charles Bukowski

Don't ever accuse me of being objective. — Paul Conrad

The human body was not meant for such abuse. After about six months they lost steam. — John Grisham

I think following my instinct has proven to lead me in the right direction, and it's hard to hear sometimes, because it's a noisy world and there's a lot of people talking to you. — Alicia Keys