Saramago Libros Quotes & Sayings

I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.' — Steven Wright

They're a dark people with a gift for suffering way past their deserving. It's said that without whiskey to soak and soften the world, they'd kill themselves. (Irish) — John Steinbeck

I was either going onstage or going into an interview or getting on a plane. You can't really feel everything fully when you don't have the time to process. — Meredith Brooks

The perjurer's mother told white lies. — Austin O'Malley

Spend at least 20-30% of your time marketing. You have to pay for this either way. Either you pay a gallery to do this for you , or you put your time and effort into it. Unless people see the great art you're making, they'll never buy it. — Cory Trepanier

The nature of light is a subject of no material importance to the concerns of life or to the practice of the arts, but it is in many other respects extremely interesting. — Thomas Young

Was marriage invented to cage love? — Nilesh Rathod

Our children are the only people on whom we can safely take revenge for what was done to us. — Gloria Steinem

Soviet rocket troops possess enough equipment to be able, if need be, to sweep any aggressor from the face of the earth at whatever point of the globe he may be and whatever military power, territory, or economy he may possess. — Sergey Biryuzov

You can be whoever you want to be. Sometimes all it takes is a little inspiration and effort. — A.D. Aliwat

The reason why the simpler sort are moved with authority, is the consciousness of their own ignorance; whereby it cometh to pass that having learned men in admiration, they rather fear to dislike them than know wherefore they should allow and follow their judgments. Contrariwise with them that are skilful authority is much more strong and forcible; because they only are able to discern how just cause there is why to some men's authority so much should be attributed. — Richard Hooker

Trust. A very tricky word — Sarra Cannon

Parenting is not logical. If it were, we would never have to read a book, never need a family therapist, and never feel the urge to call a close friend late at night for support after a particularly trying bedtime scene ... We have moments of logic, but life is run by a much larger force. Life is filled with disagreement, opposition, illusion, irrational thinking, miracle, meaning, surprise, and wonder. — Jeanne Elium

God did not create you to be alone. He deposited skills, knowledge, and talents in someone out there who is expected to mentor you, teach you and encourage you to go high. Go, get a mentor! — Israelmore Ayivor

If you're in the minority, every advantage is against you, right? So the only advantage you have against the majority is they're too lazy to know their own rules, right? So it's like a game of poker. — Kevin McCarthy