Zienst Quotes & Sayings

You know, some people don't see the things right under their noses. They mistake the everyday for what's ordinary and unimportant. — Menna Van Praag

Get good live and get a following because that's what people notice. — Joe Perry

I think people are purists about what sketch comedy should be, and I think sometimes having too much fun can be a little annoying to some people. — Horatio Sanz

I came from a family where, you know, we sat down at the table every night, and you better have a story to tell. My father never wrote his stories down. And you know, I learned that they went farther if you wrote them down. — Ruth Reichl

[ ... ]one should act as if the things he cherished the most were already lost or broken. — H.J. Brues

Those who manage their way into a crisis are not necessarily the right people to manage their way out of a crisis — Albert Einstein

The facade of grief may be indifference, preoccupation, anger, cheerfulness, or any variety of emotions. But if we try to understand it, we may learn how to cope with it. — Billy Graham

Music has always carried me through times of loneliness. So when I make music, I like it to make people who listen to it feel like they have a friend who reveals something personal to them, rather than trying to be like a god up on a pedestal — John Frusciante

Everybody knew that Allah had created the world; that he quickened each human embryo in the womb; and that he was the giver of rain. But these remained abstract beliefs. Arabs would sometimes pray to Allah in an emergency, but once the danger had passed they forgot all about him.23 Indeed, Allah seemed like an irresponsible, absentee father; after he had brought men and women into being, he took no interest in them and abandoned them to their fate. — Karen Armstrong

The diary taught me that it is in the moments of emotional crisis that human beings reveal themselves most accurately. I learned to choose the heightened moments because they are the moments of revelation. — Anais Nin

My biggest fear is the ocean. It's a great big, powerful sea toilet. — Alex Borstein