Surkesh Quotes & Sayings

We must steel ourselves against utopias and be content with a slightly better state. — Will Durant

I'm still waiting for something, searching for something I cannot describe."
"It's called true love. Most people never find it. — Destin Bays

I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian. — Larry David

As much as she was capable at deciphering the motives of others, she was dreadful at doing the same for herself. — Eric Rickstad

One thing both my parents agree on is this: if people are doing something unfair, it's part of our job to remind them what's fair, even if sometimes it still doesn't turn out the way we want it to. — Kelly Jones

There's still people that do it poorly ... and people that do it very, very well. I think there's still an incredible spectrum. I guess there's something that's appealing in it, in that everyone on some level is a DJ. But people still go to clubs, and there's still ... it is interesting - with everyone having an iPod now - when music is so personalised and things like Pandora and making your own playlists, there's something really powerful about a room full of people all dancing to the same song. — Chris Baio

Never was he conscious that his thoughts were prayers; only that the prayers were never answered. — William Peter Blatty

A camel that always moves with the camel caravan cannot discover the beauties of the unknown oases! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Never had a ska phase, but I was in a very grunge-like rock band that awkwardly had an alto sax in it. — Colin Stetson

When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights which have so long been his in law? — Benjamin Harrison

Sometimes the things that destroy you, become the architectural blueprints which make your mind royal. — Curtis Tyrone Jones

Those who do not lose their base endure. Those who die but do not perish have longevity. — Lao-Tzu

I once threw myself down a flight of stairs rather than face even one moment with a milliner, at whose shop I quit working after discovering the sinister truth about her berets, only to find that the paramedic who repaired my fractured arm was a man who had fired me from a job playing accordion in his orchestra after only two and half performances of a certain opera. — Lemony Snicket

I want a career writing these novels that I can be proud of. And then I want one as a screenwriter. — Stephan Pastis