Travesseiros Quotes & Sayings

Unlike some mainland black groups, Tasmanian Aborigines now have no traditional tribal culture left. It was taken from them with great violence and great rapidity. — Richard Flanagan

I am not someone who's very good at looking after herself, and I am also not someone who goes on holiday very often. — Jane Green

I've never seen black men with fine white women. They be ugly. Mugly dogs. — Spike Lee

When chess masters err, ordinary wood pushers tend to derive a measure of satisfaction, if not actual glee. — Israel Albert Horowitz

The first day after a death, the new absence
Is always the same; we should be careful
Of each other, we should be kind
While there is still time.
From The Mower — Philip Larkin

While I respect my cousin Annette Sykes' commitment in engaging in the political process, I do not endorse or support any political party. — Cliff Curtis

We stopped in the unimaginable softness (293). — Jack Kerouac

We live to produce information, or improve on it. Nietzsche had the Latin pun aut liberi, aut libri - either children or books, both information that caries through the centuries ... I am here to die a heroic death for the sake of the collective, to produce offspring (and prepare them for life and provide for them), or eventually, books, - my information, that is, my genes, the anti-fragile in me, should be the ones seeking immortality, not me. Then say goodbye, have a nice funeral in St. Sergius (Mar Sarkis) in Amioun, and, as the French say, place aux autres - make room for others (p. 370-371). — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I don't understand if you get caught in a fight, but take it out on a room, how that implies some psychiatric disorder. — Sean Connery

Has become their one diversion, their one pleasure - their religion. — Marion Zimmer Bradley

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. — Mary Astell

My grandfather got me mad and I peed inside his orange juice and asked him if it's tangy. — Cam'ron

True leadership will not be measured by the ability to muzzle dissent, or to intimidate and harass political opponents at home. The people of the world want change. They will not long tolerate those who are on the wrong side of history. — Barack Obama

I know terrorism is real. And I know fear of it distorts public judgment. Terrorism is like a chronic illness. We have to learn to contain it and live with it. — Yochai Benkler