Vernarbungen Quotes & Sayings

Though the boot may fit the foot, one can rarely stand in the tread of his own reputation. — Wes Fesler

I was in prison with pretty much the who's who of the jihadist and Islamist scene of Egypt at the time, and Egypt was the cradle of Islamism for the world - it's where it began and where jihadism began as well. — Maajid Nawaz

I never overcame my conviction that writing for commercial television was a kind of prostitution. — Helene Hanff

Fighter pilots. What idiot idea possessed me to put fighter pilots at the controls of starships? — Evan Currie

If I dwell on what I don't want, then I will get more of it. I affirm only the good in Life. — Louise Hay

Marriage is about love, but it is not first and foremost about love. First and foremost, marriage is about continuity and transmission. — Meir Soloveichik

We're all vulnerable, and it's all hackable. If someone wants you and has targeted you, you can be taken down, and that fact is really scary. — Seth Gordon

A curious mind enjoys inquiring, experimenting and discovering. — Pearl Zhu

It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening. — Rachel Johnson

Words are like coin - it pays to hoard."
"Until you die on a bed of gold," Paran said. — Steven Erikson

I know love is blind till I can not forget and go out from you! — Wynnonna Cerelia Irish Raissa

People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being misrepresented, and these images go around the world. — Spike Lee

Vera had not sensed my approach. She was peering into the instrument and turning knobs with child-like seriousness and ineptitude. It was obvious that she had never used a microscope before.
I stole closer to her, and then I said, "Boo!"
She jerked her head away from the eyepiece.
"Hello," I said.
"You scared me to death," she said.
"Sorry," I said, and I laughed.
These ancient games go on and on. It's nice they do. — Kurt Vonnegut

Age is something only in your head or a stereotype. Age means nothing when you are passionate about something. — Carolina Herrera

My old professor, meanwhile, was stunned by the normalcy of the day around him. Shouldn't the world stop? Don't they know what has happened to me?
But the world did not stop, it took no notice at all

Morrie's doctors guessed he had two years left. Morrie knew it was less.
But my old professor had made a profound decision, one he began to construct the day he came out of the doctor's office with a sword hanging over his head. Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left? he had asked himself.
He would not wither. He would not be ashamed of dying.
Instead, he would make death his final project, the center point of his days. Since everyone was going to die, he could be of great value, right? He could be research. A human textbook. Study me in my slow and patient demise. Watch what happens to me. Learn with me.
Morrie would walk that final bridge between life and death, and narrate the trip. — Mitch Albom