Sastre En Quotes & Sayings

If I had to create a god, I would lend him a "slow understanding": a kind of drip-by-drip understanding of problems. People who understand quickly frighten me. — Roland Barthes

I grew up on the back of a motorcycle - my dad didn't have a car until I was a teenager. And then my closest friend from grade school was a guy. — Aisha Tyler

You've got to get your eyes around and see what's coming in your face. — Todd Blackledge

As much as I like you in my shirt, I'd rather see it on the floor. — Kylie Griffin

What we hear and see through the filter of bias becomes our truth, while planting the seeds of conflict. — Charles F. Glassman

The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of sorrows, is named 'combination'. — Emanuel Lasker

One forceful CEO recently lamented to me about the absence of "real leaders" in his organization. He felt his company was full of compliant people, not committed visionaries. This was especially frustrating to a man who regards himself as a skilled communicator and risk taker. In fact, he is so brilliant at articulating his vision that he intimidates everyone around him. Consequently, his views rarely get challenged publicly. People have learned not to express their own views and visions around him. While he would not see his own forcefulness as a defensive strategy, if he looked carefully, he would see that it functions in exactly that way. — Peter M. Senge

I hate reading poems - school made me hate them. I'd spend hours interpreting one, just to read the memorandum and realize I'd be fucked during exams. I remember making a little asterisk next to every question I struggled with, and at the end of the paper, I'd realize I was looking at the fucking Milky Way. — Danielle Esplin

I'm in awe of McCartney. He's about the only one that I am in awe of. He can do it all. And he's never let up ... He's just so damn effortless. — Bob Dylan

Privatization of the postal system has long been characterized as absurd, but I have always said it is only logical, — Junichiro Koizumi

You know one thing I always wanted in a man?" "What?" "Clean fingernails." Justin laughed and looked at his own hand as Amira played with his fingers. "That's a pretty easy request." "You'd be surprised how many men have dirty nails. I don't mean on top. I mean underneath." "I — Celeste Stewart

In fact, most deaths are not tragic. Few people die because of a flaw in character, which is the essential element of tragedy. They just die. — John Chancellor

When we require that all people must say the same words or subscribe to the same creeds in order to experience God, we underestimate the scope and power of God's activity in the world. — Rachel Held Evans

Never close the doors of opportunity to climb through the windows of peril. — Dennis Adonis

Out, out, thou strumpet Fortune!" I cried with all the venom of Charlton Heston.
Oberon asked.
"It's a Shakespearean word for whore."
<"Cool word! It rhymes with trumpet. And pump it. Why didn't the Black Eyed Peas use it in their song? Aren't rappers always looking for cool new rhymes? They should kick it old school with the Bard.> — Kevin Hearne