Paco Ignacio Taibo Quotes

#1. Most people in England don't live in the North, and people are snobby in England, so they wanted a band from the South.

Mick Jagger

#2. She thought of the world's code that worshipped white lies as an act of mercy - she felt a stab of revulsion against that code..

Ayn Rand

#3. One of the things that appealed to me most about comics was that you can pick the ones you like and build your own personal pantheon.

Chris Ware

#4. Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.

Francis J. Grimke

#5. I'm a what?" gasped Harry.
"A wizard, o' course," said Hagrid, sitting back down on the sofa, which groaned and sank even lower, "an' a thumpin' good'un I'd say, once yeh've been trained up a bit. With a mum an' dad like yours, what else would yeh be?

J.K. Rowling

#6. They watched the rain and downed their Cokes like a pair of diabetics in a suicide pact.

Paco Ignacio Taibo II

#7. Happiness comes uninvited: and the moment that you are conscious that you are happy, you are no longer happy.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

#8. I did not realize at the time, as I have discovered since, that anyone who attempts any thing original in this world must expect a bit of ridicule. Clarence Birdseye

Mark Kurlansky

#9. Gandhi was a strange guy. There was this simplistic manner; but nobody knows what it cost to provide the simple life of Mohandas Gandhi. Nobody. He traveled on a train by himself.

David Douglas Duncan

#10. Love is the soul's rainbow.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#11. because we live in Mexico City, we make rounds with the spirits of Huitzilopochtli,

Paco Ignacio Taibo II

#12. I used to think I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn't want stalkers.

Bob Goff

#13. Most people seem to believe that if a relationship doesn't last until death, it's a failure. But the only relationship that's truly a failure is one that lasts longe than it should. The success of a relationship should be measured by it's depth, not by it's lenght.

Neil Strauss

#14. the only way to stop the violence and abuse that surrounds us is to talk about it.

Paco Ignacio Taibo II

#15. were to ask whether the writers recommend visiting Mexico City, the response would be both firm and passionate: "Yes, of course." Because this is the best city on the planet, in spite of itself.

Paco Ignacio Taibo II

#16. When faith in our freedom gives way to fear of our freedom, silencing the minority view becomes the operative protocol.

Joel Salatin

#17. I've started to feel very odd within my own life. It's most peculiar to feel lonely inside your own life.

Jackie Kay