Valerij Quotes & Sayings

Everyone says corruption is everywhere, but for me it seems strange to say that and then not try to put the people guilty of that corruption away. — Alexei Navalny

When we are only victorious over small things, it leaves us feeling small. — Rainer Maria Rilke

And I started to wonder, Srini writes, what would happen if we left our heart on stage every time we created anything. It's a bust your ass to shine, honest to a fault, no bullshit, zero apology performance. If you look at the work of some of the most successful people in the world you'll see it as the undertone. It isn't just something they do, it's who they are. It's the kind of performance where your heart and soul bleed. I like that a lot. — Srinivas Rao

Sometimes when I write songs, I don't know what they're about, and it just suddenly comes to me. — Lykke Li

The allure of love is to have someone who knows you so well that you don't have to explain yourself. It is the promise of someone who cares enough about you to protect you against the world of strangers who do not wish you well. — Deborah Tannen

You see how wrong I go, how ridiculous I'm making myself in your eyes by keeping on guessing wrong like this! Doesn't that help you to come out with it? Come on now! — Robert Musil

Very simply, for the mind, absence can be a catalyst for presence. — Siri Hustvedt

Obsessive love is built on a tissue of illusions: that by having sex with someone you can possess that person's soul; that you can transmute past defeats into present triumphs without understanding or mourning; that you make the unloving love you by constancy, uncomplaining availability, and molding yourself into what you thing that person wants. — Jeanne Safer

The cold in her makes cold in me. — Anna Quindlen

Nothing matters except life and the love you make. — Chris Martin

For me, doing a show, the excitement of singing live, and the possibility that you're not gonna be perfect - that's the thrill of it. — Alicia Keys

I hate the treadmill. I hate it. You really don't have to be on it that long, something like 20 or 30 minutes. It's all about getting your heart rate up. — Derek Jeter

I just wanted the cupcake," Nathan said. "Let me have that one." I laughed, shaking my head. Nathan took the cupcake from Luke, held the edge, and started pulling the paper away. — C.L.Stone

As water cannot rise higher than its source, so the moral quality in an act can never be higher than the motive that inspires it. For this reason no act that arises from an evil motive can be good, even though some good may appear to come out of it. Every deed done out of anger or spite, for instance, will be found at last to have been done for the enemy and against the kingdom of God. — A.W. Tozer