Zangrando Quotes & Sayings

That year the Ribeiro's daffodils seeded early and they seeded cockroaches. Now, ecologically speaking, even a cockroach has its place
but these suckers bit. That didn't sound Earth-authentic to me. Not that I care, mind you, all I ask is useful. I wasn't betting on that either. — Janet Kagan

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions. — Abraham Lincoln

Sufi service has to be the right kind of service; neither servitude nor hypocrisy. — Idries Shah

There is only one emotion that I know of which has absolutely no place in spectator sport and death to it - laughter. — Rene Maheu

There was something fundamentally embarrassing about being a young woman ... [the] embarrassment of wanting to be more assured, more substantive, more whole, of moving to tap resources that simply weren't there. — Michelle Orange

There's less pressure to look good as you get older. — Penny Lancaster

Ask yourself every couple of minutes, 'Can I go harder? Can I do more?' You've got so much power. Show me. — Chalene Johnson

My son craves picture books about Transformers and Ninja Turtles and the Hulk; they show one fantastic creature smashing or zapping another into smithereens on page after page. They are dull and ugly and show no interesting stories or models of conflict resolution or character building. — Russell Smith

I just can't get with this idea that literature is a 12-step program. If someone wants to read a book to see good people get rewarded and the bad people get punished, essentially what they want is a fairy tale. — China Mieville

Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero. — Terry Pratchett

I need to find out if I'm as good at peace as I am at war — Orson Scott Card

By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one. — Julia Cameron

When Sherri asks questions about who would find me if I killed myself and what their reaction would be, I think that whoever knew me would be sad. But then everybody would get over it. I would fade away. I don't think I'm that important to anyone. Nobody's opinion about me killing myself would stop me from doing it. — Albert Borris

Painting is the making of an analogy for something non-visual and incomprehensible - giving it form and bringing it within reach. And that is why good paintings are incomprehensible. Creating the incomprehensible has absolutely nothing to do with turning out any old bunkum, because bunkum is always comprehensible. — Gerhard Richter