quotes about Drivel

“The secret art of inviting happiness The miraculous medicine of all diseases Just for today, do not anger Do not worry and be filled with gratitude Devote yourself to your work. Be kind to people. Every morning and evening, join your hands in prayer. Pray these words to your heart and chant these words with your mouth Usui Reiki Treatment for the improvement of body and mind”

“Economic support from the rest of the Arab states to the fledgling Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is virtually non-existent.”

Source : "The Arab Role in Making Peace" by Edgar Bronfman, Sr., www.huffingtonpost.com. August 3, 2010.

“When you make a business you're making a little world.”

“And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things.”

Source : Maurice Sendak's acceptance speech upon being awarded the Caldecott Medal for "Where the Wild Things Are" (1964), as quoted in "Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books: 1956-65" edited by Lee Kingman, 1965.

“It is by metaphor that language grows.”

Source : Julian Jaynes (2000). “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind”, p.59, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“I truly believe that I can be president of the US if I really want to.”

“I feel the happiest when I can light my American cigarettes with Soviet matches.”

“It's so hard to go to war at home. Go to war, go home, repeat. And that is the future of warfare. Forget about remote control drones, there's going to be remote control tanks.”

Source : "Andrew Niccol on his new drone-warfare drama Good Kill". Interview With Sam Fragoso, film.avclub.com. May 20, 2015.

“Wine is a precarious aphrodisiac, and its fumes have blighted many a mating.”

Source : Norman Douglas (1932). “Paneros, Some Words on Aphrodisiacs and the Like”

“There's a perception that good writing is writing which runs smoothly. But smooth-running prose can work against what you're trying to express in a novel.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com