Tejados De Herreria Quotes & Sayings

The title is Ulysses'
'Is it about the Odyssey?'
'No, it's about how prosaic life is today.'
'And so?'
'That's all. It says that our heads are full of nonsense. That we are flesh, blood, and bone. That one person has the same value as another. That we want only to eat, drink, fuck. — Elena Ferrante

If I'm wrong, and you find yourself in an organization where sucking up is in fact a good way to get ahead, look for a new job. It's not a quality organization after all, no matter how glittering its public reputation may be. Life is too short to work there. — Charles Murray

The immortal remains of Brother Watchtower watched the dragon flap away into the fog, and then looked down at the congealing puddle of stone, metal and miscellaneous trace elements that was all that remained of the secret headquarters. And of its occupants, he realized in the dispassionate way that is part of being dead. You go through your whole life and end up a smear swirling around like cream in a coffee cup. Whatever the gods' games were, they played them in a damn mysterious way. He looked up at the hooded figure beside him. "We never intended this," he said weakly. "Honestly. No offense. We just wanted what was due to us." A skeletal hand patted him on the shoulder, not unkindly. And Death said, CONGRATULATIONS. — Terry Pratchett

In short - to overstate the point only slightly - because people don't really know why they do what they do, they give explanations of their own behavior that are about as reliable as anyone else's, and in many circumstances actually less so. — Kwame Anthony Appiah

Peace is a never ending process ... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together. — Oscar Arias Sanchez

The world may be driven by the same ancient impulses. We will continue to see human struggles and successes. We will witness human glory and tragedies. — Narendra Modi

Honesty is better than any policy. — Immanuel Kant

I think you killed me," he announced. "Then I hope there's an afterlife," she teased back. — Claire Thompson

I have always been interested in religion, especially in forms of ecstatic religion, where people are touched directly by the Spirit and go completely out of themselves. — Lee Smith

Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination. — Christopher Isherwood

I think after music is performance because it is also an immaterial form of art, and then there's everything else. — Igor Levit

A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded. — Daniel Handler

And also I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly. — Benazir Bhutto