Maximon Quotes

#1. On first acquaintance, the mystery of the Mayans of Guatemala can seem simply bizarre, as it was when I first encountered Maximon the god.

Nick Davies

#2. So it is said, for him who understands Heavenly joy, life is the working of Heaven; death is the transformation of things. In stillness, he and the yin share a single Virtue; in motion, he and the yang share a single flow.

Zhuangzi

#3. The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the physical laws. (from "Rediscovering Lost Values")

Martin Luther King Jr.

#4. My whole thing is I just always wanted to be a working actor and I just wanted to stop waiting tables.

Rainn Wilson

#5. I don't much live my life as if I was living in a Raymond Chandler novel, which is probably a good thing.

William Gibson

#6. 100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.

Natalie Massenet

#7. I love working with Alec Baldwin. He's one of the five greatest actors ever to live.

Tracy Morgan

#8. I'm speaking from personal experience when I say of any black man who conks today, or any white-wigged black woman, that if they gave the brains in their heads just half as much attention as they do their hair, they would be a thousand times better off.

Malcolm X

#9. Working in the tea fields under a beautiful sunshine is the dream of all the miners.

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#10. Mania is as bad as it gets. If not treated, it will become worse, more frequent, and harder to treat.

Kay Redfield Jamison

#11. You'd like the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. That must be the most futile oath anyone ever swears.

P.D. James

#12. My diabetes is such a central part of my life ... it did teach me discipline ... it also taught me about moderation ... I've trained myself to be super-vigilant ... because I feel better when I am in control.

Sonia Sotomayor

#13. Above all, beware of platitudes, i.e., word combinations that have already appeared a thousand times ... As a general rule, try to find new combinations of words (not for the sake of their novelty, but because every person sees things in an individual way and must find his own words for them).

Vladimir Nabokov