Spit Braai Quotes

#1. Strong-willed, intelligent, sharp-tongued, doesn't suffer fools gladly ... remind you of anyone?"
"Yes. Gordon."
"Interesting," said the man. "Because those are the exact same words he used to describe you.

Derek Landy

#2. Mountains have the power to call us into their realms and there, left forever, are our friends whose great souls were longing for the heights. Do not forget the mountaineers who have not returned from the summits.

Anatoli Boukreev

#3. In the press grandstand where I watched Discovery rise against the cloudless sky, the media hit the abort button on cynicism. The Earth shook to the sounds of man, three miles away. The candle lit ... only someone stripped of awe can leave a launch untouched.

Jonathan Alter

#4. Now the kids are portrayed as dirty when they talk to an agent, a shoe guy, some hanger-on. Well, it's only natural that people are circling them - there are millions of dollars involved.

Sonny Vaccaro

#5. I wish there were two of me and 48-hour days so I could get everything done. But for me, I have to not try and think that everything has to be 100% perfect all the time and leave room for error. As long as my kids feel loved and a priority, everything really is secondary.

Jessica Alba

#6. I've always been more drawn to being normal than being famous.

Vince Gill

#7. When you do a studio picture, all the paperwork and legal stuff is already taken care of!

David Twohy

#8. I just got this new camera. It's very advanced - you don't even need it.

Steven Wright

#9. Decentralisation is controversial - but that's fine. We should be fearless about having a debate.

Charles Kennedy

#10. Life is the force of the absolute, the supreme, the Creator who creates everything.

Miguel Ruiz

#11. The only way to control chaos and complexity is to give up some of that control

Gyan Nagpal

#12. Luck is stupid as a cow and blind as a bat.

Toby Barlow

#13. Contentment is better than divinations or visions.

Walter Savage Landor