Toufanian Quotes & Sayings

I didn't want to be educated. It wasn't the right time of my life for concentration, it really wasn't. The spirit of the age among the people I knew manifested itself as general drift and idleness. We didn't want money. What for? We could get by, living off parents, friends or the State And if we were going to be bored, and we were usually bored, rarely being self-motivated, we could at least be bored on our own terms, lying smashed on mattresses in ruined houses rather than working in the machine. I didn't want to work in a place where I couldn't wear my fur coat. — Hanif Kureishi

How do you know he's a friend? There might be a number of people looking for me."
The creases around her eyes deepened. "I figure he's a friend, 'cause every now and then he calls,'Answer me, you stubborn son-of-a-bitch. — Hilari Bell

Lash had been explaining to her that it's impolite to refer to an African American as a nigga, unless one was another African American, when Troy Lee came in and said, "She only speaks Cantonese."
"She does not. She keeps coming in and saying 'What's up my nigga?'"
"Oh yeah. She does that to me, too. Did you give her a pound?"
"No. I didn't give her a pound, motherfucker. She called me a nigga."
"Well, she's not going to quit unless you give her a pound. It's just the way she rolls."
"That's some bullshit, Troy."
"It's her couch. — Christopher Moore

We often envy our own abilities to escape
as
even in daydreams we find reason for an end. from Human Nature — Tarringo T. Vaughan

Android is often given as a free replacement for a feature phone, and the experience isn't as good as an iPhone. — Phil Schiller

I am not interested in telling you what to think. My job is to show you what I think. Period. — Christopher McQuarrie

There were the years - years of childhood and innocence - when I had believed that carminative meant - well, carminative. And now, before me lies the rest of my life - a day, perhaps, ten years, half a century, when I shall know that carminative means windtreibend. — Aldous Huxley

I don't mean to presume to dictate to you in the slightest degree but why did you leave your father's house?
MTo seek misfortune, was Stephen's answer. — James Joyce

Mexico established a unique three-part governing system shared by the government, the information commission and civil society organisations. — Mo Ibrahim

They may say, 'He's small. We really don't know if he can get the job done.' But they said that about me coming out of high school. — Bob Sanders

In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste. — Russell Lynes

I think it's important that things are flawed. — Kate Bush

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations ... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.' — Peter Drucker