Richard Pryor The Toy Quotes & Sayings

She doesn't make music, or create it. She is music. It flows through her as she plays and it's an incredible sight to behold. — Caisey Quinn

I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness. — William Penn

This was a world where one became outdated before one's time was up. An entire country standing up and applauding the fact that no one was capable of doing anything properly anymore. The unreserved celebration of mediocrity. — Fredrik Backman

Every time when they would call my name I kept hearing 'New York Knicks' instead of 'Seattle SuperSonics.' — Patrick Ewing

All the outliers we've looked at so far were the beneficiaries of some kind of unusual opportunity. Lucky breaks don't seem like the exception with software billionaires and rock bands and star athletes. They seem like the rule. — Malcolm Gladwell

It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great deal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice. — Jose P. Rizal

On some nights I take a little laudanum and a few months ago Mrs Abernetty recommended pillows stuffed with camel hair. She was absolutely right. — Anthony Horowitz

We long for our churches to be safe places to doubt, to ask questions, and to tell the truth, even when it's uncomfortable. — Rachel Held Evans

There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world. — J.R.R. Tolkien

I took an oath June. I am still bound by that oath. I will die with honor for sacrificing everything I have-everything-for my country.. And yet, Day is a legend, while I am to be executed." His voice finally breaks with all his anger and inner torment, the injustice he feels. "It makes no sense."
I stand up. Behind me, guards move toward the cell door. "You're wrong," I say sadly. "It makes perfect sense."
"Why?"
"Because Day chose to walk in the light." I turn my back on him for the last time. The door opens; the cell's bars make way for the hall, a new rotation of prison guards, freedom. "And so did Metias. — Marie Lu

There was an order of misery, misery tucked inside miseries, and you were meant to keep track. — Colson Whitehead

Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I don't like egocentricity, which is something that I have arduously battled in myself my entire life. — Wojciech Kurtyka