Tirai Bambu Quotes & Sayings

Kindness is never wasted. — Sylvain Reynard

What am I grateful for? Aside from my own great life, you mean? I'm just grateful that my wife, and daughter, and dogs are all healthy. — Richard Belzer

You can get lost in you own mind, like you gone to another country. All you thoughts in another language and you can't read the signs even though they everywhere all around you. — Nicola Yoon

Well, you know, my name is Ced and I kinda consider myself an entertainer. Hey that ain't bad yeah, Cedric the Entertainer. — Cedric The Entertainer

Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention - but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. — Stephen Merchant

My husband, a.k.a. Swede, and I both come from athletic backgrounds, so once we identified the goal - get book published - we attacked it. At any given time, I would have my writing out in 25 various forms - either contests, mentoring critiques, agent/publisher queries, etc. — Kresley Cole

I can't admit publicly that some of my bestselling songs are my least favorite ones to perform ... because I wasn't in a good place when I wrote them. — Lorelei James

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might be expected, that it takes only more time and patience commonly than to travel the smoothest highway. — Henry David Thoreau

In the next chapters I will deal with factors that have helped make this happen, including better leaders, a revival of African entrepreneurship, the return of the great diaspora and a hungry, innovative young population - the largest demographic of young people in the world. But I will start with what I believe has been the most important factor of all. Despite Africa's size and the great drama of her story - colonialism, war, famine, disease, dictatorship, corruption, hundreds of billions of dollars in wasted aid - it is astonishing to me that the thing that has probably helped us more than anything else is a tiny little device that can fit in your pocket. It's called a cell phone - and it's been a game changer. — Ashish J. Thakkar

I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing 'Famished Road,' which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it. — Ben Okri

Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies. — Edward Abbey

Today let us all ask ourselves whether we are afraid of what God might ask, or of what he does ask ... Do I truly let God into my life? How do I answer him? — Pope Francis

A word of advice. If, as a young man, student, you are tormented by a desire for women, it is best to get out into the fresh air as much as possible. — Penelope Fitzgerald

Do you know what loving you would mean for me? For my life?" "Yes." He kissed her lips gently, then he whispered in her ear, "Love me anyway." "Baojia, — Elizabeth Hunter