Renkin 1984 Quotes & Sayings

We laughed a lot, to hide it from each other. But fear always finds an out. If you control your face, it slips into your voice. If you manage to keep a grip on your face and your voice, as if they were dead wood, it will slip out through your fingers. It will pass through your skin and lie there. You can see it lying around on objects close by. — Herta Muller

When under the influence of certain (or some) reasons (or causes) (alcohol, war, etc - added Spir here) the low instincts are unbridled (or unrestrained), the brute appears (or come forward, "apparait", Fr.) and rule over (or dominate), stifling every ("toute", Fr.) noble, generous impulse; it is then the ruin (or downfall or decline) of any humanity in man. — African Spir

I repeat: there was no attraction for me in imitating human beings; I imitated them because I needed a way out, and for no other reason. — Franz Kafka

I remember my first year, I hit him with three good punches and couldn't believe he was still standing. He hit me with one and cracked my helmet. My head hurt for a week. — Georges Laraque

All I can do is try to create my own brand and have people appreciate me for that. — Kevin Hart

Everyone was on God's payroll, whether they knew it or not. — Anne Lamott

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs. — Oliver Goldsmith

He was trying to prove to a willfully deaf and blind enemy that he was interesting to hear and see. — Kurt Vonnegut

In the lives of children, pumpkins can turn into coaches, mice and rats into human beings. When we grow up, we learn that it's far more common for human beings to turn into rats. — Gregory Maguire

Frankly, I'm suspicious of anyone who has a strong opinion on a complicated issue. — Scott Adams

I'm very flattered to be called a style icon! But it's simple, my style; it's just men's suits and shoes. That's the basic premise. — Charlotte Rampling