Tierno At Aliento Quotes & Sayings

But to whom can one appeal when one does not even know where to find the judge? How can one ever hope to prove one's innocence when there is no means of knowing of what one has been accused? No, there's no justice for people like us in the world: all that we can do is to suffer as bravely as possible and put our oppressors to shame. — Anna Kavan

Laborers want their kids to be merchants or business people. Business people want their kids to be professionals. Professionals want their kids to be academics, professors. Academics want their kids to be artists. And artists don't care if their kids are laborers or not. They can be anything. — Demetri Martin

The criminal excesses of unlimited capitalistic liberty had soon been checked thanks to the unlimited liberty of the press. — Salvador De Madariaga

Everything is my demon muse. I have a muse which whispers in my ear and says, 'Do this, do that,' but it's my demon who provokes me. — Ray Bradbury

Powerful people are not affected or infected by their environment. They refuse to be victims of others. — Danny Silk

War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum. — Bruce Jackson

It has been said that the primary function of schools is to impart enough facts to make children stop asking questions. Some, with whom the schools do not succeed, become scientists ... and I never stopped asking questions. — Knut Schmidt-Nielsen

There's something satisfying about going faster than you can on the legs you were born with. — Laura Silverman

Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true. — Lorenz Hart

"It's rock star stuff. You wouldn't understand. Bendy straws are the shit." — Kim Holden

If we had the chance to live forever, life would lose its charm for something better. — Debasish Mridha

Why do authors wish to pretend they don't exist? It's a way of skinning out, of avoiding truth and consequences. They'd like to deny the crime, although their fingerprints are allover the martini glasses, not to mention the hacksaw blade and the victim's neck. Amnesia, they plead. Epilepsy. Sugar overdose. Demonic possession. How convenient to have an authorial twin, living in your body, looking out through your eyes, pushing pen down on paper or key down on keyboard, while you do what? File your nails? ... A projection, a mass hallucination, a neurological disorder - call her what you will, but don't confuse her with me. — Margaret Atwood

For some players, luck itself is an art — Paul Newman

Behind my smile is a hurting heart.
Behind my laugh, I'm falling apart.
Look closely at me and you will see,
the girl I am
...isn't me — Unknown