Sanaz Quotes & Sayings

The truth was that upsilamba was one of Nabokovs fascinating creations, possibly a word he invented. I said I associate Upsilamba with the impossible joy of a suspended leap. Yassi, who seemed excited for no particular reason, cried out that she always thought it could be a name of a dance- you know, "C'mon, baby, do the Upsilamba with me". Manna suggested that the word upsilamba evoked the image of small silver fish leaping in and out of a moonlit lake. Nima added in parentheses, Just so you won't forget me, although you have barred me from your class: an upsilamba to you too! For Azin it was a sound, a melody. Mahashid described an image of three girls jumping rope and shouting" Upsilamba" with each leap. For Sanaz, the word was a small African boy's secret magical name. Mitra wasn't sure why the word reminded her of the paradox of a blissful sigh. And for Nassrin it was a magic code that opened the door to a secret cave filled with treasures. — Azar Nafisi

The fact that people will be full of greed, fear, or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable. — Warren Buffett

Man will never reach the higher wisdom,
If he can't yet accept the pain of change. — Toba Beta

To me, jewelry is a natural progression and there is something so meaningful and magical about creating that one of a kind, special piece. — Pamela Love

Gratitude takes time. It's the fruit of experience. It still feels new to me, I haven't had it for that long. Gratitude came only after I'd passed through all the other feelings. — Michael W. Clune

Untouchability, I hold, is a sin, if Bhagavadgita is one of our Divine Books. — Mahatma Gandhi

The public so often want to freeze the artist in a moment in time when they were at their peak, and they want the artist to revisit it over and over again as if it was something authentic. — David Sylvian

Sanaz Minaei [business woman] shows a visitor a cooking class at one of her several companies and says the opportunities for Iran are huge if only the country can rejoin the global economy as promised. — Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

We must be certain that the repair to the environment is sufficient to allow wild species to recover and survive. — Norm Dicks

In fact, it struck me when we invaded last year that if we did it without European and East Asian support, we were risking losing our alliance in Europe in exchange for Iraq, and that is a very undesirable exchange. — William Odom

We rode in silence. Outkast's Spaghetti Junction played in the background as we hit I-85, southbound toward town. Jessica — Mitty Walters

Well, anyway, I'm not a Catholic. — Rush Limbaugh

When you realize yourself as completely empty and devoid of all form ... this is wisdom, When you realize yourself as the fullness of love overflowing itself without object ... this is bliss, And when you are aware of yourself incarnate in the appearance of form ... this is leela. — Eli Jaxon-Bear