Sevilay Onal Quotes & Sayings

For three thousand years it had been the concent's policy to accept any and all folding chairs and collapsible tables made available to it, and never throw one away. On one and only one occasion, this had turned out to be a wise policy: the millennial Apert of 3000, when 27,500 pilgrims had swarmed in through the gates to enjoy a square meal and see the End of the World. We had folding chairs made of bamboo, machined aluminum, aerospace composites, injection-molded poly, salvaged rebar, hand-carved wood, bent twigs, advanced newmatter, tree stumps, lashed sticks, brazed scrap metal, and plaited grass. Tabletops could be made of old-growth lumber, particle board, extruded titanium, recycled paper, plate glass, rattan, or substances on whose true nature I did not wish to speculate. Their lengths ranged from two to twenty-four feet and their weights from that of a dried flower to that of a buffalo. — Neal Stephenson

It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious. — Saint Ignatius

Advisors are generally brilliant theoreticians but wretched practitioners. — Francoise Giroud

Really, what we want now, is not laws against crime, but a law against insanity. That is where the true evil lies. — Mark Twain

Have you ever bullied a wave? — Ruth Ozeki

To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God. — Paulo Coelho

Now this really annoys me: All these people getting on the Internet and saying Nostradamus predicted this. If Nostradamus were alive today his name would be Miss Cleo and he'd be charging $2.99 a minute. — Jay Leno

I admit,' said Spite, 'to a certain melancholy when visiting vibrant cities, as is this Darujhistan. A long life teaches one just how ephemeral is such thriving glory. Why, I have come again upon cities I knew well in the age of their greatness, only to find crumbled walls, dust and desolation.'
Cutter bared his teeth and said, 'Darujhistan has stood for two thousand years and it will stand for another two thousand-even longer.'
Spite nodded. 'Precisely. — Steven Erikson

As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you're the character. — Matt LeBlanc

Just keep a positive mind and all things positive will greet you within your atmosphere ... — Kenneth G. Ortiz

If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience. — Kahlil Gibran

How much longer will you go on letting your energy sleep? How much longer are you going to stay oblivious of the immensity of yourself? — Rajneesh