Saltena Quotes & Sayings

The more you look at 'common knowledge', the more you realise that it is more likely to be common than it is to be knowledge.
No real knowledge is common. — Idries Shah

Of the primary emotions, fear is the one that bears most directly on survival. Children show fear. Adults try not to, maybe because it's shameful, or, in some circumstances, dangerous. The fear response is automatic, though, and your body runs through its reflexes whether you want it to or not. — Sebastian Junger

Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that. — Nomar Garciaparra

I asked the girl if she could bring a sister for me. She did. Sister Maria Teresa. It was a very slow evening. We discussed the New Testament. We agreed that He was very well adjusted for an only child. — Woody Allen

Most people in America understand that the rich people hire good accountants and figure out how not to necessarily pay all the taxes that they should be paying. — George W. Bush

I mean to court you, yes," he went on. "But in these
coming days I am determined as well to find a way to ease your heart."
It took her a moment to answer, because the heart he spoke of was so full. "You're a shockingly
good man," she said at last. She mustered a smile. "Perhaps I'd better say yes and have done with it. I'
ve never had any trouble resisting men's lures - at least not since that first time - but so much kindness is
beyond me."
"No, I want a hearty yes," he said. "No questions, no doubts. I am determined to make you
believe your life will be a desert - utterly unlivable without me. — Loretta Chase

The roller coaster came to a stop and a good friend got off, but what a ride we'd taken together. It had been one hell of a trip. — Ed Catmull

The protesters have called into question whether there is a real democracy. Real democracy is more than the right to vote once every two or four years. The choices have to be meaningful. But increasingly, and especially in the US, it seems that the political system is more akin to "one dollar one vote" than to "one person one vote". Rather than correcting the market failures, the political system was reinforcing them. — Joseph E. Stiglitz

Diversity is America's most valuable resource. It is what makes us the most innovative nation on Earth. — Nick Hanauer

I stay out too late
Got nothing in my brain — Taylor Swift

I was 22 years old when I met Robert Johnson. I was there the night he was poisoned. — David Edwards

Janie: So you're a double agent? Cabel: Sure.That sounds sexy. — Lisa McMann

The middle class, one of the great achievements in history, is becoming more of a relic than a reality. — Jon Meacham

You've got to hide your love away. You can't just hide your feelings. You have to destroy them. Kill them before they kill you. — Elizabeth Eulberg