Szokolay Balazs Quotes & Sayings

The one who has no control over his desires has no control over his mind. — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Laundromat, mini-mart, nail salon, pet shop, Books of Darkness. — Michelle Knudsen

One who has just learnt a foreign language, constantly resorts, while talking, to words belonging to that language in order to make a show of his or her achievement. But one who knows the language well, seldom uses it when speaking in his or her own mother tongue. Such is the case with those who are well advanced in religion. — Abhijit Naskar

Every time I finish a song ... most of the time it's in my own head, like this sounds too much like a Townes Van Zandt song, or whoever. I realize there are so many melodies and chord progressions in pop and rock music that are so similar that you can kind of trace it back to other things. Most of the time it's just in your head. — Conor Oberst

Unfortunately, the vast majority of people spend their days either living in the dead past or the imagined future. This sort of mental activity cheats a person out of the most precious time we have ... NOW. Give everything you have to what you are doing NOW and life will richly reward you. — Bob Proctor

Every really new idea looks crazy at first. — Alfred North Whitehead

Ah, not in knowledge is happiness, but in the acquisition of knowledge! In forever knowing, we are forever blessed; but to know all, were the curse of a fiend. — Edgar Allan Poe

It is not enough to have a vision. In order to have its power, you must enact your vision on earth for all to see. Only then do you have the power. — Black Elk

An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away. — Artie Shaw

I'd ... bet enthusiasm for 'ethnic cleansing' will wane if only sticks and rocks are available for the warring parties. — Bill Hicks

I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash. — Billy Bragg

I don't know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there- 'social justice.' For that is what I have believed in and fought for. — Upton Sinclair

Most of the projects aren't that interesting anymore. There used to be a day when the studios made amazing films, and they were about human beings. — Ramin Bahrani