Simpang Asia Quotes & Sayings

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a mans property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Always blow your own trumpet, blowing someone else's is unhygienic — Benny Bellamacina

It exists only for me. For you, it would be nothing but an indifferent picture. — Roland Barthes

For a period of time, I carried cameras with me wherever I went, and then I realized that my interest in photography was turning toward the conceptual. So I wasn't carrying around cameras shooting stuff, I was developing concepts about what I wanted to shoot. And then I'd get the camera angle and do the job. — Leonard Nimoy

What makes human life meaningful? I still felt literature provided the best account of the life of the mind, while neuroscience laid down the most elegant rules of the brain. — Paul Kalanithi

I know a flute player is technically called a "flautist," but something about it sounds a little sketchy, as does "pianist," so I will refrain. — Julie Halpern

I had carefully read the Balfour Declaration. I had familiarized myself with the history of the question of a Jewish homeland and the position of the British and the Arabs. I was skeptical, as I read over the whole record up to date, about some of the views and attitudes assumed by the 'striped-pants boys' in the State Department. — Harry S. Truman

Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful! — Karen Salmansohn

I was never told to "Get up, get out there, get a job." It was never a thing either parent ever said I had to do. It was what I wanted to do. I think I was very interested in being away from them as much as possible. Employment was great for that. — Henry Rollins

Difficult conversations are always uncomfortable. But with the right person, you can have those conversations. — Gina LaManna

The roots of Cuban music are in my head. — Compay Segundo

Every man's day is a dark night , no one knows what's coming up the next moment . though we keep going forward because we have faith . because we believe . — Paulo Coelho