Riki Wilchins Quotes & Sayings

Any ape can reach for a banana, but only humans can reach for the stars. — V.S. Ramachandran

Well, I wanted to be a philosopher, which is the idlest occupation in the world. I wanted to be involved in abstract thought, but because of various problems with the authorities I wasn't able to pull that one off. A lifetime of idleness in academia would have really suited me. So I was thrown out, as it were. Other than that, there seemed no possible idle occupations, so writing ... although writing isn't exactly idleness. There's an enormous tension between indolence and languor. — Will Self

Everybody makes personal decisions that are right for them and if you're in political life, you're used to having those analyzed. — Elizabeth Edwards

It is difficult to see ourselves as we are. Sometimes we are fortunate enough to have good friends, lovers or others who will do us the good service of telling us the truth about ourselves. When we don't, we can so easily delude ourselves, lose a sense of truth about ourselves, and our conscience loses power and purpose. Mostly, we tell ourselves what we would like to hear. We lose our way. — Jon Katz

You've got to believe you can get a result from the game. — Gary Speed

cos the one thing that's better than sharing love is sharing the feeling of oh shove it you asshole. — Stefan Mohamed