Top 15 Estiven Robles Quotes
#1. A lot of diplomacy lies in appearing to be a lot more stupid than you are.
Terry Pratchett
#2. Material possession is one thing, but ideological passion disgusts us on some deep level.
David Foster Wallace
#3. I wanted to be a writer that had an impact. I wanted, and still I say the same thing, I want to write books that change people's lives, change how we think and live and read and write. I wanna write books that are read in 50 or 100 years.
James Frey
#4. The handwritten pages make for fun giveaways. If someone reviews one of my books online, like on Amazon or Goodreads, they can notify me through my web site, and I'll send them an original page. They can see my creative process in all its scribbly glory.
Brian Pinkerton
#5. That the grace of fable stirs the mind" ... and ... "that the perusal of excellent books is, as it were, to interview with the noblest men of past ages
Rene Descartes
#6. Jane Austen we know never let two men converse alone in any novel because what they said would be unknown to her.
Jane Gardam
#7. Prayer: A petition that the laws of nature be suspended in favor of the petitioner; himself confessedly unworthy.
Christopher Hitchens
#8. Inherit the Wind is a wonderful play, and I was in the original with Paul Muni.
Tony Randall
#9. Remarkable places are like the summits of rocks; eagles and reptiles only can get there.
Suzanne Curchod
#10. True tolerance only arises from a keen awareness of the abysmal ignorance of everyone as far as truth is concerned.
Anthony De Mello
#12. It might be the white woman or man our son or daughter will marry and the white woman or man our grandson or granddaughter will marry, all of them wading into the future until one of our line claims to be Sicilian. Leave instructions: the granddaughter of our granddaughter shall be named Cicily.
Terrance Hayes
#13. I regret I didn't ever learn how to fly a plane. I had the opportunity when I started to make some money, and I regret I didn't really take the time out and put the effort in and do that.
Jimmy Cliff
#14. The time has come for all good men to rise above principle.
Huey Long
#15. 'Between Shades of Gray' is a story of astonishing force. I feel grateful for a writer like Ruta Sepetys who bravely tells the hard story of what happens to the innocent when world leaders and their minions choose hate and oppression. Beautiful and unforgettable.
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
