Wretches And Kings Quotes & Sayings

An adventurer can always return home; an exile cannot. So I decided that my home would be culture. — Jonas Mekas

I saw my father preach in Madison Square Garden, and I was a little embarrassed, I think, the first time I heard him preach. That's my father up there, and I kind of slid down in my chair. — Franklin Graham

I am not some frill-wearing tramp. I am a genius. I say this because it is a fact. I am smarter than any person you've ever met, except perhaps my twin. My heart does not make my brain a fool. — Pierce Brown

I never developed hard cartilage in my ears because I played with them since I was a baby. I can fold my ear entirely inside out, and I can put the whole thing inside itself. — Evangeline Lilly

My teaching is not a philosophy. It is the result of direct experience ...
My teaching is a means of practice, not something to hold onto or worship.
My teaching is like a raft used to cross the river.
Only a fool would carry the raft around after he had already reached the other shore of liberation. — Gautama Buddha

No Botox. I don't think I will go there. I don't want to say never, because who knows? Maybe in 10 years I will. — Heidi Klum

I know the days can get long if you don't have a purpose. — Amy Engel

If I wake up in the morning and I don't want to get you a coffee or if I don't see you for a week and I don't want to go figure out something to FedEx you, then we've got a problem. You can fake the words I miss you, but you can't fake getting someone a book. — John Mayer

Neurotechnology may benefit from questioning what kinds of low-information-content signals we can read and write before we try to upload and download consciousness. — Christopher DeCharms

Julia stood for his youth, and the high hopes he had cherished; and although he might no longer yearn to possess her she would remain nostalgically dear to him while life endured. — Georgette Heyer

Lots of people feel more alive when they're riding a roller-coaster relationship. But while this might be fun for a while, it can't possibly last. — Tracy McMillan

A good story, a story resonant and remarkable, can be remade endlessly to tell new sides of itself for new generations of readers. — Jean Hanff Korelitz