Svoja Tvoja Quotes & Sayings

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Just ask how I'm feeling, I want to say. Just ask and I may tell you.
But no one does. — Melina Marchetta

Among the responsibilities of any writer is that, no matter what else, they know what they mean. So, even if no one else knows what you're talking about, you do. The listener can sense that, even if they don't get the literal meaning. The faith that they place in the clues and the connections and the secrets of the lyrics is of the utmost importance. — Joanna Newsom

They say that characters were engraven on the bathtub of king Tching-thang to this effect: 'renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again.' I can understand that. Morning brings back the heroic ages. — Henry David Thoreau

Leadership requires using power to influence the thoughts and actions of other people. — Abraham Zaleznik

Patriotism is a passion which induces hot youth to rush forth to get shot and half shot, while sober, conservative age waves the flag and corrals the contracts. — Joseph Smith Jr.

The truth is, no study is possible on the battle-field; one does there simply what one can in order to apply what one knows . Therefore, in order to do even a little, one has already to know a great deal and to know it well. — Ferdinand Foch

She laughed, I love it when she laughs, although the truth is I am not in love with her. — Jonathan Safran Foer

The vast and terrible depth."
"Of course," he said.
"The inexhaustibility."
"I understand."
"The whole huge nameless thing."
"Yes, absolutely."
"The massive darkness."
"Certainly, certainly."
"The whole terrible endless hugeness."
"I know exactly what you mean. — Don DeLillo

If I never had another book published, and it was very clear to me that this was a real possibility, I still had to go on writing. I'm glad I made this decision in a moment of failure. It's easy to say you're a writer when things are going well. When the decision is made in the abyss, the in is quite clear that it is not one's own decision at all. — Madeleine L'Engle