Vikki Ziegler Quotes & Sayings

I am not making spiteful assertions now but merely stating the facts-that, for instance, among Hungarian generals there is such a considerable percentage of men of German origin, who of course had, in most cases, to alter their names if they wanted to get anywhere. — Heinrich Himmler

God loves only one philosophy,
And that is the Do-it-here-now philosophy. — Sri Chinmoy

A beautiful word in the middle of a sentence can sometimes reduce me to tears in an interview, and when I'm reading, too. I've sometimes wondered whether I'm at the point of tears all the time because I use my eyes so much that they're strained and on the verge of tears anyway. — Michael Silverblatt

Painting can feign reality without having seen it. — Roland Barthes

Humans weren't made to carry someone else's weight. We can barely lift our own."
"Maybe lifting someone else's weight makes yours a little more bearable — Tarryn Fisher

In America, on the ordinate plane of faith versus reason, the x-axis of faith intersects with the y-axis of reason at the zero point of "I don't give a damn what you think". — Sarah Vowell

True happiness
Consists not in the multitude of friends,
But in the worth and choice. — Ben Jonson

Competence doesn't seem like a big deal until you are forced to realize that your own government has none. — Bruce Sterling

We are born not knowing anything,
and then we die not knowing everything. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Madness really is contagious, and friends are a blessing, especially when you're on your own. — Roberto Bolano

It's certainly what I like best about getting older. You're not up for grabs for criticism anymore. You make a decision, it's made, it's fine, you don't have to go back and rework it. You don't have to apologize. — Anjelica Huston

Most of the tree of life is effectively arranged. — Simon Conway Morris

Everyone calls him Blockhead
No one sings his praises
Or takes him to heart ...
That is the kind of person
I want to be — Kenji Miyazawa