She’s such a bitch,” Tina says, which I find a little contradictory, but overall quite true. “She’s got to be in charge of everything.” I sit next to her. “Well, I guess. But in business, that’s leadership.” Tina stares at me for a se...
Did you know Grandfather would give the poems to me?” I ask. “We thought he might,” my mother says. “Why didn’t you stop him?” “We didn’t want to take away your choices,” my mother says. “But Grandfather never did tell me about th...
In front of the law there is a doorkeeper. A man from the countryside comes up to the door and asks for entry. But the doorkeeper says he can't let him in to the law right now. The man thinks about this, and then he asks if he'll be able to go in lat...
Hey, if you're going to say what I think you're going to say…wait, are you going to say it?” he asked, smiling down at me. “Yes, yes I think so.” I grinned shyly back. “Well, then I think we should say it at the same time, yes?” he sugges...
I realized that more and more I was saying, 'It seems to me that we have come to the time war ought to be given up. It no longer makes sense to kill 20 million or 40 million people because of a dispute between two nations who are running things, or d...
What does it mean to be the master of your own soul, the captain of your own mind? It means that you keep the final say on what you think, feel and do. No one fearful thought can overtake you, no one doubtful feeling can overthrow you from your path,...
The Great Ones, the sages of every age, tell me what to look for. They say that the answer lies not elsewhere but right where I am, here where I am both the center and the source of the universe. They say that, contrary to what I may think I am, what...
Ida 'Big Momma' Pollitt: I'm talking in Big Daddy's languge now. I'm his wife, not his widow. I'm still his wif! Gooper Pollitt: What we've got here... Mae Pollitt: What Gooper's saying is just a plan, a basis. Ida 'Big Momma' Pollitt: I'll tell you ...
I'd rather have them say "There he goes" than "Here he lies.".
When you say one thing, the clever person understands three.
However little you think of the elephant, you can't say it won't fill a pot.
The baby is not yet born, and yet you say that his nose is like his grandfather's.
When you drink milk under the palm tree, people will say that it is palm wine.
When a cat wants to eat her kittens, she says they look like mice.
Do not say the first thing that comes to your mind.
It's easy to say "May Allah roast the lion's mother," when the lion isn't there.
If a blind man says, "Let's throw stones," be assured that he has stepped on one.
Never sit in the place of a man who can say to you, "Rise.".
When the monkey can't reach the ripe banana with his hand, he says it is not sweet.
If the hours are long enough and the pay is short enough, someone will say it's women's work.
people say life is short. life's not short—it's the memory of a human being: that's what's short.
