Unni Quotes & Sayings

I know that all good things must come to an end and I've had an incredible ride. I just want to end it on the right note. — Alonzo Mourning

Unni will come, if not today, then tomorrow. Today is nearly gone, but other todays stir fecund in the word tomorrow, many other todays when this one has lapsed from existence. And because I think of Unni, invoking his name in this for ever recurrent today, already he is here for me. - The Mountain is Young — Han Suyin

Part of the population of Laos lives in urban centers, Vientiane being the largest. — Noam Chomsky

He said every delusion has an objective, and the objective of a delusion is not merely to colonize one brain but to transmit itself to as many brains as possible. That is the purpose of every delusion, that is how a delusion survives, that is how it succeeds. By spreading, maximizing its colony, like a virus. According to Unni, any philosophy that can be transmitted to another person is a delusion. If two people believe in the same idea of truth, it is a delusion. Truth is a successful delusion. — Manu Joseph

Oleg had learned a lesson. This was his reward for not hurrying. The lesson was - never rush on without looking around first. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The mistake that was made in the '70s is we stopped policing the streets, we stopped cleaning the streets, we stopped cleaning the graffiti off buildings, we stopped supporting our cultural institutions and building parks and schools and all those kinds of things. — Michael Bloomberg

These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas. — Elvis Costello

It's hell when the person you know you are isn't the person people see when they look at you. — Mark Winegardner

How could I not come for you Moira? If I'd know who you were from the beginning I would have never let you get taken. I'm sorrier than you'll ever know. — Amy Lunderman

When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare. — James Thurber

They did not want anything to do with me in Paris and they were right: they have gone much further than I, but I will work and I too will progress. — Giacomo Balla

The tyrannosaurus looked a little shamefaced - but only a little, for dinosaurs would rather drown in tar than admit they're wrong. That unfortunate attitude played a key role in their extinction. — Catherynne M Valente

Unni had a very serious problem. He had this artistic objection to the heart symbol. He said it doesn't look like a heart, he said it looks more like a read arse. — Manu Joseph