Quotes About Siestas

#1. But the best thing about Spain? Siestas. God bless any country that has decided yes, we shall shut down business and take a long nap in the middle of the day. How can you not love them for that?

Kristen Callihan

#2. I suddenly realized that there's something about singing hymns with a large group of people that sharpens the senses remarkably. I stored this observation away for later use; it was a jolly good thing to know for anyone practicing the art of detection.

Alan Bradley

#3. You can't be what I call selectively motivated, where you can only work hard and smart when things are going well.

Carla Harris

#4. I think art doesn't have to be created in a period of misery, but it certainly helps.

Jenny Lewis

#5. My friend Mercedes Pena made me get in touch with my emotions just before I had a breast cut off. Just as I suspected, they were awful. "How do you Latinas do this all the time in touch with your emotions?" I asked her. "That's why we take siestas," she replied.

Molly Ivins

#6. THE HEIR OF NIGHT by Helen Lowe is a richly told tale of strange magic, dark treachery and conflicting loyalties, set in a well realized world.

Robin Hobb

#7. The body is the outermost layer of the mind.

David Mitchell

#8. If we are connected to everyone else by six degrees and we can influence them up to three degrees, then one way to think about ourselves is that each of us can reach about halfway to everyone else on the planet.

Nicholas A. Christakis

#9. When I look into the eyes of an animal, I do not see an animal. I see a living being. I see a friend. I feel a soul.

Anthony Douglas Williams

#10. Never change when love has found its home.

Propertius

#11. While the demand for organic food outstrips supply, we happen to know that 77 percent of consumers don't want genetically engineered crops grown in this country. Consumers can choose whether or not to buy organic produce. Genetically modified ingredients will deny us choice in the long run.

Prince Charles

#12. The American people do not like neutrality. They would rather a man were on the wrong side than on neither.

Robert Green Ingersoll

#13. I should advise you not to stop there, but set fire to his house, too, and sell his children to pirates. That is the only way he will learn

Zen Cho

#14. Remember this presidential candidate can count.

Herman Cain

#15. I used to tell the players that professional football is a part-time profession. I used to tell them it gets you ready for your life's work.

Chuck Noll

#16. Here's the bottom line: I can't play someone if I can't figure out what he cares about. Everybody cares about something, even a rough character. It defines where we step in life. As soon as you find out what somebody cares about, then it all gets real.

William Fichtner

#17. I knew I could do it all this time," said Harry, "Because I'd already done it ... does that make sense?

J.K. Rowling