Zvezdine Quotes & Sayings

It was easier to come to maturity when there were more well-defined philosophical options. — David Brooks

They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. — Walter Isaacson

A pessimist is someone who has forgotten the joy of beginning. — Marty Rubin

I want to make a picture about the Russian secret police - the GOP. — Samuel Goldwyn

Power lacks moral or principles. It only has interests. — Horacio Castellanos Moya

Bears are simultaneously so graceful and so strong. Bears know who they are, but they often don't know who you are, which is why they kill you. — Mike Birbiglia

I clung to my ferocious habits, yet half despised them; I continued my war against civilization, and yet entertained a wish to belong to it. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

But the thing is, a wife is a wife and you can't ditch her like a worn shirt after a life. — Yiyun Li

The theme of exile is attractive to me, because it's sort of like the family business. Not just music, but travel. — Elvis Costello

There's always been physical suffering in comedy. — Don Martin

I talk about Africa and its meaning, being the birthplace of man and all that great history that's been erased and even hidden. I think it's my duty to be proud and to bring about the conversation that allows us to talk about the great history of my people. — Nas

One common strategy on which we should all be able to agree is to take steps to reduce the risk of human extinction when those steps are also highly effective in benefiting existing sentient beings. For example, eliminating or decreasing the consumption of animal products will benefit animals, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and lessen the chances of a pandemic resulting from a virus evolving among the animals crowded into today's factory farms, which are an ideal breeding ground for viruses. That therefore looks like a high-priority strategy. Other — Peter Singer

Fate had a hand in it - luck had nothing to do with it. — Truth Devour

Larry Schwarm's photographs of fire on the prairie are so compelling that I cannot imagine any later photographer trying to do better. His pictures convince us that seemingly far away events are close by, relevant to any serious person's life. — Robert Adams