Swada Quotes & Sayings

It isn't like the rest of the country - it is like a nation itself - more tolerant than the rest in a curious way. Littleness gets swallowed up here. All the viciousness that makes other cities vicious is sucked up and absorbed in New York. — John Steinbeck

During a news conference aboard a plane on his way home from Seoul on Monday, Francis was asked: "Do you approve [of] the American bombing?" The question was set up with a comment that the United States is "bombing the terrorists in Iraq, to prevent a genocide, to protect minorities, including Catholics." Francis avoided addressing details of the Iraq conflict, instead going into a more general discussion of Catholic theory and teaching on war. "In these cases where there is an unjust aggression, I can only say this: It is licit to stop the unjust aggressor. I underline the verb: stop. I do not say bomb, make war, I say stop by some means. With what means can they be stopped? These have to be evaluated. To stop the unjust aggressor is licit," he said, according to a transcript by America magazine. — Anonymous

As I am now, so you must be, So Friend, prepare to follow me — Alan Bradley

If you can put fear aside, you're unstoppable. — Janet Hagberg

Tied round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words "DRINK ME" beautifully printed on it in large letters. — Lewis Carroll

Tahiya hote pavan nahin pani, tahiya srishti kown utpati;
tahiya hote kali nahin phula, tahiya hote garbh nahi mula;
tahiya hote vidya nahin Veda, tahiya hote shabd nahin swada;
tahiya hote pind nahin basu,
nahin dhar dharni na pavan akasu;
tahiya hote guru nahin chela, gamya agamya na panth duhela.
Sakhi: avigati ki gati ka kahown, jake gawn na thawn
gun bihuna pekhana, ka kahi lijai nawn
In that state there is no air or water, and no creation or creator; There is no bud or flower, and no fetus or semen; There is no education or Vedas, and no word or taste; There is no body or settlement, and no earth, air or space; There is no guru or disciple, and no easy or difficult path.
Sakhi: That state is very strange. I cannot explain it. It has no village or resting place. That state is without gunas (qualities). What name can on give it? — Kabir

What is important about graphene is the new physics it has delivered. — Andre Geim

Those who seek security chase it for a lifetime without ever finding it. — Deepak Chopra

Art that only comes from the head isn't any good. — Austin Kleon

I think of you now mare than ever. It's raining today. — Haruki Murakami

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read. — Pliny The Elder

An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of all journeys. — Iain Sinclair

If sex is a journey, orgasm is the both the purpose and journey's end. — Chloe Thurlow

But as I look around me at all the absurdly expensive fuss and clutter, I ask it anyway. How did I get here? — Jeff Lindsay

Being broke is against my religion. — Curtis Jackson

But Istanbul is a city of easy forgettings. Things are written in water over there, except the works of my master, which are written in stone. — Elif Shafak