Somperi Quotes & Sayings

These "so thats," "becauses," and "whens" were like regulations; in decided to avoid them in order not to-- — Peter Handke

One day, the people who work in my kitchen stir-fried chopped Napa cabbage to serve with some meat or fish for their own dinner. I got to thinking: 'What if the cabbage was the most important thing on the plate?' — Nobu Matsuhisa

Nick pulled a business card out of a pocket and handed it to Elphaba. It read Nicholas Lynch, Inspector, Ministry of Magick, next to a moving image of Nick, mugging for the camera. I finally get to use my Harry Potter business cards! — Abramelin Keldor

Well, I might even get used to the idea that she had no tail. — Harry Turtledove

Looking out over the lake, I felt enveloped in the most peaceful, loving utopia. — Laurie Kahn

Our houses are protected by the good Lord and a gun, and you might meet 'em both if you show up here not welcome, son. — Josh Thompson

We have the can-do factor, and us doing what we do I think inspires people to just try that little bit harder, whether they are able-bodied or disabled. — Lee Pearson

The principal task of the messiah, who was popularly believed to be the descendant of King David, was to rebuild David's kingdom and reestablish the nation of Israel. Thus, to call oneself the messiah at the time of the Roman occupation was tantamount to declaring war on Rome. — Reza Aslan

If you surrender everything to the government and give it total power to plan the whole economy, this will not guarantee your economic security, but it will guarantee the descent of the entire nation to a level of miserable poverty
as the practical results of every totalitarian economy, communist or fascist, have demonstrated. — Ayn Rand

All this belongs to the language of ghosts. There are many other possible kinds of talks in this language. Most of them begin when one person says to another: I wish. What they wish for might be anything at all, as long as it is something that cannot happen. I wish the sun would never set. I wish money would grow in my pockets. I wish the city would be like it was in the old days. You get the idea. — Paul Auster

Are you sure it is trustworthy, Mellanie?"
"I'd be dead if it wasn't."
"yes. I suppose that does generate a respectable level of personsal confidence — Peter F. Hamilton

Something is wanting to science until it has been humanised. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

God cuts out our path, makes a groove in the clay with His finger, and we poor blind ants slide down into it. — Maria McCann

In battling against untouchability, and in dedicating myself to that battle, I have no less an ambition than to see a full regeneration of humanity. — Mahatma Gandhi