Turning 29 Birthday Quotes & Sayings

I always hope, in fact, that my interlocutor will be a policeman and that he will arrest me for the theft of 'The Just Judges'". — Albert Camus

The men at the top aren't that great at properly assessing the women under them, certainly not enough to gauge their potential or intestinal fortitude. — Charlotte Beers

In private I observed that once in every generation, without fail, there is an episode of hysteria about the barbarians ... These dreams are the consequence of too much ease. Show me the barbarian army and I will believe. — J.M. Coetzee

I play a lot of basketball and racquetball, as they're both great for your feet and hand eye coordination. Other drills can help as well, such as simply catching a football in distant positions from different heights and velocities. — Antonio Cromartie

Your mind, like a bicycle, goes wherever you want it to go. — Matshona Dhliwayo

And what has become of it, where is that onetime love? Now it is the grave of a bird, a drop of black quartz, a chunk of wood eroded by the rain. — Pablo Neruda

As an anarchist, I cannot reconcile myself to any government. — Peter Kropotkin

I spent the first years working in Jordan trying to learn as much as I could about what was taking place in the country, about where there were gaps in the development process that needed attention. Inevitably, there were certain common denominators which are fairly common to all developing societies, perhaps to all societies: that quality education be accessible to everyone, not just a limited elite few; the sustainable conservation of natural resources; the full engagement of women in national development; and the value of cross-cultural exchange and understanding to international relations. — Queen Noor Of Jordan

An entrepreneurial mind is always looking for new opportunities. — Ricardo Salinas Pliego

I do films that I like. I have done comedy, romance, everything, and I always like to do it differently from the previous ones. — Abhishek Bachchan

There is no shop, book, or person, that gives you confidence; it comes through reconnecting with your true authentic self. — Ralph Smart

Without boat or a light, what could he do to save Annie if she should, by whatever miracle it might be, answer him? And he damns himself, with a willingness that startles him, for turning the boat loose, for having taken no precaution to keep the matches dry. Taking the matches out of his pocket, he finds that the heads are either already gone, or they crumble as soon as he touches them to see if they are there. But he continues to take the dead sticks out of his pocket one at a time and to stand them upright inside the sweatband of his hat. It is though his mind, which like his body has begun to work apart from his will, is gambling that absurdity will be more bearable than reasonableness. — Wendell Berry

This is what selfishness does: it fills you with the illusion of separation — Dimitris Mamakos