Violat Quotes & Sayings

I didn't get the Russian Jew part because they didn't think I looked Russian or Jewish enough - and, mind you, I am both Russian and Jewish - so I was cast as the racist Mexican. — Mila Kunis

They would have been very let down if they had to leave the theater and he had missed. He would feel badly. Everyone would feel badly. But he never let them down. — James Randi

Miracles can happen, even to those who are small, flammable, and dressed all in black. — Lemony Snicket

The danger of refusing to reflect upon the psychological dynamics of faith and belief is that what we feel to be self evidently true, for psychological reasons, might be, upon inspection, highly questionable, intellectually or morally. Too often, as we all know, the 'feeling of rightness' trumps sober reflection and moral discernment. Further, we are often unwilling to listen to others until we are, to some degree, psychologically open to persuasion. The Parable of the Sower comes to mind. — Richard Beck

Who cares about my opinions? — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

May God's richest blessings be upon you both today and throughout the year and may those blessings flow through you to touch the lives of everyone you meet. — Gary Smalley

One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves. — Earl Monroe

The old man took out an extraordinarily beautiful and elegant handkerchief and gave it to her to dry her tears. It was the sort of handkerchief that one might be content to be judged by if it was all that remained of one after one's death. — Jesse Ball

The gods and their tranquil abodes appear, which no winds disturb, nor clouds bedew with showers, nor does the white snow, hardened by frost, annoy them; the heaven, always pure, is without clouds, and smiles with pleasant light diffused.
[Lat., Apparet divom numen, sedesque quietae;
Quas neque concutiunt ventei, nec nubila nimbeis.
Aspergunt, neque nex acri concreta pruina
Cana cadens violat; semper sine nubibus aether
Integer, et large diffuso lumine ridet.] — Lucretius

We're all born with a unique gift, and it's up to us to find and exploit that gift. — Ikish Mullens

This is a very fair gathering
circumspect, calm, accustomed to disturbance, acquainted with blows! Peste! I have been lucky. — Alexandre Dumas

Fame isn't healthy for a writer. — Kent Haruf

The jacaranda in the courtyard has put on its bloom. This purple can't be ignored, it's like a tree singing. The walk down Londres Street to the market is a concert: the small jacaranda on the the corner hums the tuning note, then all others in the lane join in. — Barbara Kingsolver