Deretan Nomina Quotes

#1. Lord, it's one kind favor I'll ask of you. See that my grave is kept clean.

Blind Lemon Jefferson

#2. Judgment is such a useful shield, isn't it? We can hide behind it, rise above others on its crest, keep ourselves safe and separate.

Lisa Unger

#3. The Renaissance of Europe did not take place in the 15th century. Rather it began when Europe learned from the culture of the Arabs. The cradle of European awakening is not Italy. It is the Muslim Spain.

Robert Briffault

#4. I don't read the papers; I stopped reading the papers. I read the papers only during periods of crisis, and I think papers are too long on a regular day and too short days when we have a crisis.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#5. It is not a mistake to want power.

Gordon Brown

#6. Nothing has happened to me out of the closet that was anywhere near as dangerous as being closeted.

Karen Thompson Walker

#7. In the middle of the conversation, I open a third ale. I cup my hand over the mouthpiece so they don't hear the tab of the ale being popped. It dawns on me that this is a slightly contrary action. Like stopping into Baby Gap before having an abortion.

Augusten Burroughs

#8. I would have given him everything. I would have pulled down planets to make our life work.

Jonathan Carroll