Traduntoer Quotes & Sayings

Literature is what you write when you think you should be saying something. Writing begins when you'd rather be doing anything else: and you've just done it. — Kenneth Patchen

Wherever you have planted a seed, I am prepared to expect wonders. — Henry David Thoreau

Gentlemen, like a bee do not give up to work that nectar in the soul of your queen until she has enough sweetness to be shared by both of you. — Gloria D. Gonsalves

Impartiality is to accept that we are partial. — Raheel Farooq

There's something about small venues that's amazing for developing material. It's almost like you can not only hear people's response, but you can understand it. In bigger venues you lose that, but you gain this sense of camaraderie in the audience. — Mike Birbiglia

It became clear I wanted to be a development economist. I mean, I said I wanted to work on the economics of poor countries. And I'd actually say that I don't think that was so much about narrowing the gap as about increasing their incomes, which means economic growth, which is really my prime interest. — James Mirrlees

Take calculated risks. — George S. Patton

There's real potency in metal. Metal fans love metal as if it's a nation they would fight for. It's not diluted by pop culture. — Feist

He'd known of her, of course; everyone in the neighborhood knew of Katie. She was that beautiful. But few people really knew her. Beauty could do that; it scared you off, made you keep your distance. It wasn't like in the movies where the camera made beauty seem like something that invited you in. In the real world, beauty was like a fence to keep you out, back you off. — Dennis Lehane

One can only face in others what one can face in oneself. — James A. Baldwin

She had not a thought in her head that was not a slogan, and — George Orwell

Our CO2 mixes with everyone else's within a year, then hangs around for centuries like a shroud. — William H. Calvin

The abdominal and waist region coordinate all parts of the body and act as the center or generator. Therefore, you can promote the ability to control the body's action and master your will more easily. — Bruce Lee