Prendre Quotes

#1. I go to bed with horror on my wings. In my pillow is sad comforts. Like my mother says, 'On essaye a s'y prendre, pi sa travaille pas' (We try to manage, and it turns out shit).

Jack Kerouac

#2. My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive ... Everything I've ever done has some form of hope in it, I think.

Noel Gallagher

#3. There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.

Natalie Coughlin

#4. I can take care of myself," Neil said. "Watch me beam with pride. It's not your job to take care of yourself anymore. It's your job to play, and mine and Abby's job to look after you. Get your priorities straight.

Nora Sakavic

#5. I have never said that there is no need for a guru. All depends on what you call guru. He need not be in a human form.

Ramana Maharshi

#6. When, lithe of limb, she danced the Pyrrhic, loud clapping followed; and the Paphlagonians asked, "If these women fought by their side in battle?" to which they answered, "To be sure, it was the women who routed the great King, and drove him out of camp." So ended the night.

Xenophon

#7. Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.

Don Cornelius

#8. They see me as a symbol, and not a human being. That way they can kill me, say it's not murder it's a metaphor.

Ani DiFranco

#9. Watch for subjects as you go but the city or the country. Keep your eyes and ears open, and you will hear and see angels.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#10. Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity.

Maya Angelou

#11. You think she's pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!

Alfred Hitchcock