Shamshiri Quotes

#1. The cultivation of those sciences which have enlarged the limits of the empire of man over the external world, has, for want of poetical faculty, proportionally circumscribed those of the internal world; and man, having enslaved the elements, remains himself a slave.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

#2. I am totally superficial, I know. But I believe superficiality can be very serious, a defense against the gravity of things, a manner of discretion.

Jeanloup Sieff

#3. I'm not a sports guy. However it's interesting to be in a place where people have a sporting fever. One time I was in Italy during one of the European soccer cups, and it's interesting because it's so electrifying.

Ian MacKaye

#4. The icy sword of the square-toed one had cut off his breath and left his hands in a pose of agonizing protest.

Zora Neale Hurston

#5. If somebody asks for my opinion, I tell them my opinion, whether it's what they want to hear or not.

Payne Stewart

#6. Television is a prisoner of dialogue and steady-cam. People walk down a hall, and the camera follows them around a corner.

David Chase

#7. She places her hands around my neck and rests her head on my shoulder. I can smell the sex on her, and my hope is that she can smell the love on me.

Markus Zusak

#8. I wouldn't describe it like that. It was . . . hazardous and delicate. I've had easier times disarming explosives . . .

Amy A. Bartol