Tropas Africanas Quotes & Sayings

He would tell stories about the Holy City, about Solomon, a just king, a poet-king, a monarch with a thousand concubines. We weren't quite sure what concubines were, but we guessed: a concubine ... Concubines! One thousand! One thousand women in all colours and shapes - but all of them sexy, of course - one thousand - one thousand raving beauties lying side by side on a bed (what a bed! How wide it must have been!), all of them smiling, all of them reaching out their arms, all of them saying something in Hebrew - but the meaning was unmistakeable - "Come here, sweety." One thousand women. If one were to spend twenty, or fifteen minutes with each one of them, how long would it take to ... ? A problem that our math teacher never assigned us for homework ... ! — Moacyr Scliar

Look closely for the fingerprints of God's faithfulness throughout the seasons of your life. — Nancy Kay Grace

People vote their resentment, not their appreciation. The average man does not vote for anything, but against something. — William B. Munro

There is a time in the last few days of summer when the ripeness of autumn fills the air. — Rudolfo Anaya

In the stock market (as in much of life), the beginning of wisdom is admitting your ignorance. One of the many things you cannot know about stocks is exactly when they will up or go down. Over the long term, stocks generally rise at a nice pace. History shows they double in value every seven years or so. But in the short term, stocks are just plain wild. Over periods of days, weeks and months, no one has any idea what they will do. Still, nearly all investors think they are smart enough to divine such short-term movements. This hubris frequently gets them into trouble. — James K. Glassman

Maybe we should always start everything from the inside and work to the outside, and not from the outside to the inside. What d'you think? — Aidan Chambers

the dolphins stitch sky to sea. — Ellen Bass

Life is eager to give you joy but you have to accept it. — Debasish Mridha

I have a tendency to hire people who tend to be unattractive to the studios. Maybe this is a bad idea. — Charlie Kaufman