Tukums Pasta Quotes & Sayings

It's all a popularity contest, which unfortunately often has more to do with good looks rather than actual talent. — Andrew James Pritchard

There's plenty going on that's substantial and transformative, beneficial and authentic. Just because somebody is in the media, it doesn't mean they're bad. It may mean they're the best, and occasionally you know the cream rises to the surface, but not always everything on the surface is cream. — Surya Das

During these years in the small-talk wilderness, I also wondered why Americans valued friendliness with commerce so much. Was handing over cash the sacred rite of American capitalism - and of American life? On a day that I don't spend money in America, I feel oddly depressed. It's my main form of social interaction - as it is for millions of Americans who live alone or away from their families. — Karan Mahajan

Is it just me,' Kipps said, 'or does that boy need punching?'
'It's not just you. — Jonathan Stroud

I concluded that although instruments, whether empirical or conjectural, exist to prove that some object is false, every decision in the matter presupposes the existence of an original, authentic and true, to which the fake is compared. The truly genuine problem thus does not consist of proving something false but in proving that the authentic object is authentic. — Umberto Eco

Do not arrive as an interruption or disruption, attempting to divert your reader's attention from the object it is focused on, fighting to interest him in something different from what he is already, at this moment, interested in. Instead, align yourself with the subjects already possessing his attention, the matters already garnering his interest, the self-talk conversation already occurring in his mind, and the conversations he is already having around the water-cooler at work or at the kitchen table at home with peers, friends, and family. — Dan S. Kennedy

Gardening is, by its very nature, an expression of the triumph of optimism over experience. No matter how bad this year was, there's always next year. Experience doesn't count. — William Alexander

A man who's active and incisive can yet keep nail-care much in mind: why fight what's known to be decisive? custom is despot of mankind. — Alexander Pushkin

That - that's a Carthian sun dragon," he said, shooting a look at Strangward. "Isn't it?"
Strangward nodded.
"But ... it is my understanding that dragons are not real," Botetort said.
Strangward looked from the dragon to Botetort. "I assure you, this dragon is absolutely real. Touch it if you like. — Cinda Williams Chima

The hardest thing to do is to trust people. — Dwight Howard