Transliteration Quotes & Sayings

I am a woman committed to
a politics
of transliteration, the methodology

of a mind
stunned at the suddenly
possible shifts of meaning - for which
like amnesiacs

in a ward on fire, we must
find words
or burn. — Olga Broumas

When I teach and meet a class for the first time, you realize that there are people there that have exceptional abilities or have the potential to do exceptional things and you never know who those people are. My job is to provide the best information I can. — John Sexton

I didn't shop. I committed retaliatory consumerism. — Kresley Cole

I was alarmed at my doctor's report: He said I was sound as a dollar. — Ronald Reagan

Used personal and place-names in their transliteration — Geraldine Brooks

Analysis paralysis is an epidemic that cripples countless dreams and great ideas. Be swift, decisive, and always move forward! — Matthew Loop

Alice Oswald. With Hughes and Heaney gone, people are looking around for the best British and Irish poets. Oswald is one of our finest. — Tobias Hill

I applied for the University of Life. Didn't get the grades. — David Nicholls

Like most people, I feel ambiguous guilt for my inferiors, ambiguous envy for my superiors, and mandatory low-spirits about the system itself. — Martin Amis

The landings below the bridge were perfect alcoves for conspiracy. — Christopher Moore

Notes on Names, Transliterations and Titles This book inevitably contains a challenging diversity of names, languages and questions of transliteration. It is for general readers, so my policy is to use the most accessible and familiar names. I apologize to purists who are offended by these decisions. — Simon Sebag Montefiore

It only takes a Romeo for every girl to become a Juliet. — M.F. Moonzajer

Good basketball always starts with good defense! — Bobby Knight

A human foetus, with no more human feeling than an amoeba, enjoys a reverence and legal protection far in excess of those granted to an adult chimpanzee. Yet — Richard Dawkins

I always feel like music should be a universal language. — Melanie Fiona