Simmy Tugela Quotes & Sayings

Until you do what you believe in, you don't know whether you believe it or not. — Leo Tolstoy

I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax. — Ann Richards

Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent. — Kevyn Aucoin

He who refuses to rule is liable to be ruled by one who is worse than himself. — Plato

-NONREADING-


Bookstores don't provide
a remote control for Proust,
you can't switch
to a soccer match,
or a quiz show, win a Cadillac.


We live longer
but less precisely
and in shorter sentences.


We travel faster, farther, more often,
but bring back slides instead of memories.
Here I am with some guy.
There I guess that's my ex.
Here everyone's naked
so this must be a beach.


Seven volumes - mercy.
Couldn't it be cut or summarized,
or better yet put into pictures.
There was that series called "The Doll,"
but my sister-in-law says that's some other P.*


And by the way, who was he anyway.
They say he wrote in bed for years on end.
Page after page
at a snail's pace.
But we're still going in fifth gear
and, knock on wood, never better. — Wislawa Szymborska

The past is done, and we can't change it. All we can do is try to be better. What really matters is who you are now. — Cindi Madsen

You are Insignificant. One of millions, neither special nor unique. I did not ask for this ignominy, and I resent the comparison.
Fine. I don't you like you, either. — N.K. Jemisin