Borkin Quotes

#1. Borkin: Ladies and gentlemen, why are you so glum? Sitting there like a jury after it's been sworn in! ... Let's think up something. What would you like? Forfeits, tug of war, catch, dancing, fireworks?

Anton Chekhov

#2. But opposing evil requires inspiration by what is sound rather than by what is resonant.

Timothy Snyder

#3. I have a surfboard that says 'Linda Hunt Choice TV Actress: Action.' I am an action star! I don't know what that is about, but I like it.

Linda Hunt

#4. Those who live a long life without realising their spiritual goals are as similar to the hygienic zombies walking on earth.

Vishal Chipkar

#5. Each of us has a God-shaped space within us. Only God can fill that space. But we run ourselves ragged trying to find things other than God to fill it with.

Desmond Tutu

#6. There lay between them, separating them, that same terrible line of the unknown and of fear, like the line separating the living from the dead.

Leo Tolstoy

#7. Even though Paul knew farewells were inevitable, he still formed deep relationships.

Beth Moore

#8. The system should speak the users' language, with words, phrases and concepts familiar to the user, rather than system-oriented terms. Follow real-world conventions, making information appear in a natural and logical order.

Jakob Nielsen

#9. The moment you wake up, right away, you can smile ... You are aware that a new day is beginning, that life is offering you twenty-four brand new hours to live, and that that's the most precious of gifts.

Nhat Hanh

#10. A Mother always absorbs the suffering of her child. Even if she does not want to do that.

Pet Torres

#11. Artists are odd," said Mousebones, walking around the man in blue. "Even for humans."

T. Kingfisher

#12. I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.

Jane Austen

#13. My sister wanted to be an actress, but she never made it. She does live in a trailer. She got halfway. She's an actress, she just never gets called to the set.

Mitch Hedberg