Tevye The Dairyman Quotes & Sayings

An author never does more damage to his readers than when he hides a difficulty. — Evariste Galois

I was inclined to think him Jewish," she wrote; she "considered his animus to be prompted only by his racial self-consciousness. — Erik Larson

Everything pertaining to what's happening has never come to the surface. The world will never know the true facts of what occurred, my motives. The people who had so much to gain, and had such an ulterior motive for putting me in the position I'm in, will never let the true facts come above board to the world. — Jack Ruby

If you don't have a basis on which to make the choice, then you don't have a style at all. You have a series of accidents. — Philip Glass

... They think of suicide as a quick route to oblivion, an escape. Far from it. It merely alters a person from one form to another. Nothing can destroy the spirit. Suicide only precipitates a darker continuation of the same conditions from which escape was sought. A condition under circumstances so much more painful. — Richard Matheson

When you open your heart to someone, you're also exposing it to pain. — Lisa De Jong

At forty-one, now I think it would be really cool to have an A&R guy say, "You know what? I don't think you've got this album sequenced right." — Craig Finn

What I want and I wanted to be unforgettable. — Ntozake Shange

Dream Song of Thunders: Sometimes I go about pitying Myself, While I am carried by the wind Across the sky. — Frances Densmore

When you are a hammer, all of your problems will look like nails to you. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around. — Jean M. Auel

In youth it is the outward aspect of things that most engages us; while in age, thought or reflection is the predominating qualityof the mind. Hence, youth is the time for poetry, and age is more inclined to philosophy. In practical affairs it is the same: a man shapes his resolutions in youth more by the impression that the outward world makes upon him; whereas, when he is old, it is thought that determines his actions. — Arthur Schopenhauer

As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct. — Larry Wall

I'm not pert and perky anymore - when you're over 60, it's 'feisty.' — Sandy Duncan