Vicary Privet Quotes & Sayings

'Kraken' is set in London and has a lot of London riffs, but I think it's more like slightly dreamlike, slightly abstract London. It's London as a kind of fantasy kingdom. — China Mieville

It was really difficult to believe you had a right to argue when you were confronted by wise-looking men telling you that you did not. — Sage Blackwood

We engage in politics because we don't know anything. This is clearly revealed in the way we go about it. Our parties exist from a fear of theory. The voter fears that one idea can always be contradicted by another. Therefore the parties reciprocally defend themselves against the few old ideas they have inherited. They don't live from what they promise, but from frustrating the promises of others. This is their silent community of interests. — Robert Musil

It's the simple things in life, and all that crap. — Darynda Jones

Love is what God is, love is why Jesus came, and love is why he continues to come, year after year to person after person ... May you experience this vast, expansive, infinite, indestructible love that has been yours all along. May you discover that this love is as wide as the sky and as small as the cracks in your heart no one else knows about, and may you know, deep in your bones, that love wins. — Rob Bell

If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me. — Elon Musk

I'm very much more choosy now. I do stuff that I really, really, really like. — Michael Caine

I have ambitions to set records which will be hard to chase down, like getting more than 100 caps for Ireland. — Brian O'Driscoll

Things happen along the way in our path. Instead of looking at it as a wall that's being put up in front of us, look at it as as opportunity to scale new heights and to climb that wall - to see and do things you didn't think you were capable of. — Robin Roberts

Are you following me?" He asked.
"Us?" I was the first to speak. "Um, maybe. Hi there. How are you tonight?"
He looked at me like I might be a bit crazy. — Michelle Rowen

Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left. — Paul Cezanne

I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that. — Imtiaz Ali

Statistics compiled by the German Federal Motor Transport Authority highlight how successfully we have reduced fuel consumption. A few years ago, the CO2 emissions for the BMW brand were at well over 200 grams per kilometer. In 2009, that number was at 159 grams. This puts us below our direct competitors ... — Norbert Reithofer

My prayers and dreams are wrapped up together, vague and contradictory. "Let me leave my mark in the world," I say to the air around me. I don't want to feel so invisible, yet I'm torn between wishing to move away from this place and wanting it to be me and I it. — Laurel Corona