Tourbillions Quotes & Sayings

The universality of Islam is not uniformity, it is unity with diversity. — Tariq Ramadan

I've been called other things too, and some of them uncomplimentary and sexist like the 'Queen of Sprawl', 'Attila the Hen,' 'The Mom who runs Mississauga' and the 'Mississauga Rattler', so it's little wonder that my favourite nickname is Hurricane Hazel. — Hazel McCallion

On Portents
If strange things happen where she is,
So that men say that graves open
And the dead walk, or that futurity
Becomes a womb and the unborn are shed,
Such portents are not to be wondered at,
Being tourbillions in Time made
By the strong pulling of her bladed mind
Through that ever-reluctant element. — Robert Graves

People want things to be real. If you give them an excuse, they'll believe you. — Robin Sloan

I'm very into working out, but I'm one of those where I'm good for, like, a month, and then I fall off, and then I'm good for a month ... like everyone! — JWoww

Lloyd Alexander's tales were written and published when I was in diapers. Decades later, they remain utterly timeless for me. I cannot recommend them enough. — James A. Moore

On the field is a place where you can just let it loose and react to everything with violence. — Troy Polamalu

In Old English they don't say I had a dream, but there's another usage of the word - "life is but a dream," to be corny about it. It's implied with eyes wide open, rather than asleep. But I'm not a philosopher to explain myself. I wish I could. Maybe that's why I'm a musician. — Tom Verlaine

I will grab any opportunity I can to learn something new. — Lykke Li

I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed. — Tim Robbins

While I believe that when you are in the glamour industry, you have to look your best, I also believe being skinny is not 'hot and happening.' — Deepika Padukone

By law, all buildings should be white. — Le Corbusier

I think supporting casts in comics are missing. I think a lot of the time in comics, all we have are people in costumes talking to other people in costumes, superheroes talking to superheroes and supervillains, and that's it. — Geoff Johns

If you're the only person left, as long as your hope is committed in action, then hope is alive in the world. — Julia Butterfly Hill

Cancer is a bitch that needs to get the crap smacked out of it. I intend to stand on the front lines with a big-ass bat. — Brenna Aubrey

Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don't have a passport. — Anton Chekhov