Wolands Ball Quotes & Sayings

Don't fail me. (Stryker)
You don't fail me. (Jericho)
So do we let you two lock horns and butt each other off the mountaintop now? (Tory) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

All resistance is a rupture with what is. And every rupture begins, for those engaged in it, through a rupture with oneself. — Alain Badiou

It's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself — Roald Dahl

The art of being agreeable frequently miscarries through the ambition which accompanies it. Wit, learning, wisdom,
what can more effectually conduce to the profit and delight of society? Yet I am sensible that a man may be too invariably wise, learned, or witty to be agreeable; and I take the reason of this to be, that pleasure cannot be bestowed by the simple and unmixed exertion of any one faculty or accomplishment. — Richard Cumberland

The American Way is an amalgam of our compassion, our strengths, our failings and our attempts to build a better world, a more perfect union. — J. Michael Straczynski

When one's ideas are not challenged, one's ability to defend them weakens. — John Stuart Mill

What's wrong with creative block? Might it not just be that periods
even extended ones
of productive hiatus are essential mechanisms of gestation designed to help us attain higher standards in our pursuit of creative excellence? — Alexi Murdoch

How can one talk in a classical language about a child who's torn apart in an explosion in the market near his school? People in Iraq don't talk about their joys, their problems, and the destruction of the country in literary diction. — Hassan Blasim

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. — Anonymous

The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches. You can practise as much as you like, but you need confidence that comes from playing and winning matches. — Greg Rusedski

The kashays (inner anger, pride, deceit and greed) that keep one entrenched in the coolness of the worldly life are the very thing that makes one wander life after life. — Dada Bhagwan

I didn't want you flawless - I have a bare wall at home that's flawless - I wanted your character trapped in the amber of your skin ... — John Geddes

I've never been a big fan of gossip. Being a victim of it, I knew how much it hurt. — Blake Lively

We have a great literary tradition in Australia. I think the book is very much alive and the more people who are encouraged to read books the better our society will be and the wiser our society will be. — George Brandis

Maybe you hit Delete by accident?" Penny asked. "I'm going to pretend you didn't just suggest that," Max said. — E.C. Myers