Walter Balzar Quotes & Sayings

I would ask the people who were generous toward my own work. After class one day a poetry professor said to me, "Hey, there's this guy Basho you would find interesting," and so I found Basho. A fiction teacher told me, "You ought to read Clarice Lispector if you're interested in that sort of in-between stuff," and then Lispector appeared. It's not magic. You just keep your eyes open. — John D'Agata

The best place to find God is not in the temple, but your heart, where kindness and love reside. — Debasish Mridha

Most of the time in the 21st century, we dominate our surroundings: We tweak the thermostat, and the temperature falls one degree. We push a button, and Taylor Swift sings for us. It's the opposite in the wilderness, which teaches us constantly that we are not lords of the universe but rather building blocks of it. — Nicholas Kristof

I feel that in all kids that I've came across, that at the age of 12-13 is a big transition . They begin forming the Young Adult there going to become, here molding . I can't put a "name" on it but it's something. Your trying to find yourself, were getting ready to go to High School and as this world teaches you, you must "belong" to something. (So we Belong to Something) — Richard Cabral

He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit. — Ernest Bramah

I was always a bit of a class clown. — Paula Pell

What I really want is a world where no one alive can remember what the word 'war' means. That's my goal. — Patch Adams

Always try to learn from other people's mistakes, not your own- it is much cheaper that way! — Donald Trump

Any person who wants to govern the world is by definition the wrong person to do it. — Greg Iles

Much historical fiction that centers on real people has always been deficient in information, lacking in craft and empty in affect. — Hilary Mantel

I've met some people who were very proud of their humility. — Michael Catt