Greg Ray quotes

“Encyclopedia is a Latin term. It means "to paraphrase a term paper."”
-- Greg Ray

#Latin Quotes #Mean Quotes #Paper Quotes

“I am a non discriminating driver. I want to kick everybody's ass!”
-- Greg Ray

#Want Quotes #Ass Quotes #Kicks Quotes

“You go to the ballet and you see girls dancing on their tiptoes. Why don't they just get taller girls?”
-- Greg Ray

#Girl Quotes #Dancing Quotes #Ballet Quotes

“In Hindu philosophy the whole creation is regarded as the Vishnu Lila, the play of Vishnu. Lila means dance or play. Also in Hindu philosophy, they call the world illusion; and in Latin the root of the word illusion is ludere, to play.”

“I can read more languages than I speak! I speak French and Italian - not very well, alas, but I can get by. I read German and Spanish. I can read Latin (I did a lot of Latin at school.) I'm afraid I do not speak any African languages, although I can understand a little bit of the Zulu-related languages, but only a tiny bit.”

“You want to come in and prove yourself early. Obviously, it is a responsibility being drafted that high to come in and play well and to make an impact. If not, youre going to get cut. So you have to come in, make the team, have an impact and do something special. And I feel that, obviously, internally. I feel an obligation to myself to do that but obviously the organization, the fans, this community. I mean, they dont want to see a first-round draft pick be a bust, so I feel I have to come in and hopefully make an impact early.”

“The whole bible is the working out of the relationship between God and man. God is not a dictator barking out orders and demanding silent obedience. Were it so, there would be no relationship at all. No real relationship goes just one way. There are always two active parties. We must have reverence and awe for God, and honor for the chain of tradition. But that doesn't mean we can't use new information to help us read the holy texts in new ways.”

“The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner who drives him in spite of spavins and expects him to live on potato peelings.”

“The world is full of paper, write to me”

Source : Agha Shahid Ali (1987). “The Half-Inch Himalayas”, p.48, Wesleyan University Press

“I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.”

“Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is 'on paper.'”

“The printing presses of the state treasuries cranked out reams of paper currency- showing wise kinds and blissful martyrs- while bankers wept and peasants starved.”

“It's all papers and forms, the entire Civil Service is like a fortress made of papers, forms and red tape.”