Taiabrams Quotes & Sayings

What is still more to our shame as civilized Christians, we debauch their morals already too prone to vice, and we introduce among them wants and perhaps disease which they never before knew and which serve only to disturb that happy tranquility which they and their forefathers enjoyed. If anyone denies the truth of this assertion, let him tell me what the natives of the whole extent of America have gained by the commerce they have had with Europeans. — James Cook

Well, I think the best form would be to put money directly in the pockets of consumers. — Franklin Raines

The greater a man's talents, the more marked his idiosyncracies. Yet in the provinces originality is considered perilously close to lunacy. — Honore De Balzac

I had to make different kinds of music for everybody but still keep it classic T-Pain at the same time. — T-Pain

I was reading The Bible a lot through my 20s, mostly the Old Testament, just because I was knocked out by the language and the stories. I felt that the God being talked about there, who was this insane, vindictive patriarch - it was kind of thrilling, and titillated something in me at the time. — Nick Cave

As an actress, if you find inspiration through my work, then my job is complete. — Masiela Lusha

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. — William Penn

On an emotional level, success in America would be terrible for me; it would be insane. I really, seriously, never want to be famous here. — Robbie Williams

In all my time in Beijing, I'd never managed to have a female friend. It seemed every woman in this city was busy either with her kids or with her mortgage. — Xiaolu Guo

The cow, basically, eats three basic things in their feed: corn, beets, and barley, and so what I do is I actually challenge my staff with these crazy, wild ideas. Can we take what the cow eats, remove the cow, and then make some hamburgers out of that? — Homaro Cantu

Originally, I wanted to call the band 'Guns 'n Robots.' I still believe that if we had just called ourselves 'Guns 'n Robots' we'd still be together. — Slash

I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. — George Washington

Learn not only the rules of art, but 'when' and 'how' to break them. — Robert Warren