Unsmoked Back Quotes & Sayings

My mother is very funny. She is from a village; she has a typical village kind of humour. Often she says a lot of things she herself isn't aware is a punch line. — Kapil Sharma

It's in the valley of failure that we sow our seeds of success. — James Altucher

Prayer leads to peace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

When the Son of God chose to submit to this trial in his own person, he became an example to all believers, so that they may carefully avoid falling into Satan's snares by a wrong use of Scripture. And — John Calvin

Beauty is much more intimidating than brutality. — Edi Rama

If I could light my own farts I could fly to the moon or at least Uranus. — Robin Williams

We must know where we want to go in order to get there. Our modern lives are growing increasingly chaotic, and it is only a clear, definitive purpose that will keep us on track. — Chris Matakas

I hope that just what I sing about and how I relate to my audience is as much of a political statement as I need to make. — Dave Matthews

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

To talk about communication theory without communicating its real mathematical content would be like endlessly telling a man about a wonderful composer, yet never letting him hear an example of the composer's music. — John R. Pierce

One takes what the river offers, both good and bad. The joy of living by running water far outweighs the sorrow. — Matt Goldman

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING Judith Barrington, Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art; Annie Dillard and Cort Conley, eds., Modern American Memoirs; Patricia Hampl, I Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land of Memory; Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life; Phillip Lopate, ed., The Art of the Personal Essay; Jane Taylor McDonnell, Living to Tell the Tale: A Guide to Writing Memoir; and William Zinsser, ed., Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir. — Vivian Gornick

Bad habit, lunch. A banana and a water biscuit is all any sane healthy man should need in the middle of the day. — Agatha Christie