Shteyngart Tweets Quotes & Sayings

Even though the Olympics take place during Ramadan, some Muslim athletes said they will not fast during games. Then, after sampling the British food, they said, on second thought, fasting sounds good. — Conan O'Brien

It is the mind that makes the body. — Sojourner Truth

If you talk to your children, you can help them keep their lives together. If you talk to them skillfully, you can help them to build future dreams. — Jim Rohn

In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone's writing all day long - sending emails, tweets, text messages; they all think they're James Cameron's Avatar, performing in some video game for which they make up the script. — Gary Shteyngart

Everybody granted that if "Tom" were white and free it would be unquestionably right to punish him
it would be no loss to anybody; but to shut up a valuable slave for life
that was quite another matter. As soon as the Governor understood the case, he pardoned Tom at once, and the creditors sold him down the river. — Mark Twain

There is no higher "law" to be obeyed than the law of love. That, at the end of the day, is what it means to follow Jesus. — Peter Enns

I tell them I can handle my own stuff, but it's like a mark of pride or something. I'm surprised Blake doesn't just hoist me over his shoulder and try to carry me too! — Abby McDonald

We have never had the will to enforce the immigration laws. What you see is what you'll continue to get. — Charlie Munger

Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain. — Edmund Waller

What is that in his hand?"
"A cleaver. As in-"
"Butcher's knife."
"You got it."
"I hope not."
"He does not look happy."
"Are you sure it's a he?"
"I don't want to know. — Ridley Pearson

Gay people, we die in all the movies, like we almost always die in the movie, because that's what you can do to us that's dramatic. We can't make a baby. — Guy Branum

The last Bollywood movie I watched was 3 Idiots that featured Aamir Khan in it. It was impressive! — Brad Pitt

It is the duty of a judge to do justice, but it is only the people who can be just — Alan Paton

Look at what your idea of success would be. The more that you take in external motivators, the more it reduces your ultimate satisfaction because it doesn't come from inside. — Chris Messina