Tropfen English Quotes & Sayings

The habit of expression leads to the search for something to express. Something remains as a residuum of the commonplace itself, if one strikes out every commonplace in the expression. — Henry Adams

if events are random, we are not in control, and if we are in control of events, they are not random. There is therefore a fundamental clash between our need to feel we are in control and our ability to recognize randomness. — Leonard Mlodinow

A child's attitude toward everything is an artist's attitude. — Willa Cather

But it did make me realize that I shouldn't go around judging people who have stringy hair, because maybe they have a very good reason for having hair like that. — Kristen Tracy

Within 18 months of my parents' marriage in 1900, my mother fell in love with an Englishman who would have described himself as a gentleman but who was, in fact, nothing more than a devious adventurer. — Paul Mellon

Posturing is funny to me. — Casey Wilson

I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame. — Zadie Smith

There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important to me and when I am recording a bass track, that is still very important to me. — Geddy Lee

The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. — William Lloyd Garrison