Szemek K Pek Quotes

#1. I was on the point of explaining to Gerald that the world has always laughed at its own tragedies, that being the only way in which it has been able to bear them. And that, consequently, whatever the world has treated seriously belongs to the comedy side of things.

Oscar Wilde

#2. It was while Princess Margaret was attending a high-society party in New York that the hostess asked her politely how the Queen was keeping. "Which one?" she is reported to have replied with her typically razor-sharp wit. "My sister, my mother or my husband?

Princess Margaret

#3. A writer's job is to imagine everything so personally that the fiction is as vivid as memories.

John Irving

#4. I think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you might not write savage lyrics.

Paul McCartney

#5. I certainly have a pretty settled pattern at this point of what I do substantively in terms of reviewing briefs, record materials, cases, etc.

Patricia Millett

#6. If it's going to be wrecked, I want to make sure I wreck it.

Kevin Costner

#7. Don't be frightened,' he murmured into her ear. 'I will protect you.'
Lara sighed deeply. A Prince - promising to protect her. Yes please.

Lola Salt

#8. Our only weapons in this war of your lifetime are the weapons of the mind.

Paul Tsongas

#9. At its core, comedy is an act of rebellion. Evidence shows that compared to the norms in the population, comedians tend to be more original and rebellious - and the higher they score on these dimensions, the more professional success they attain. After

Adam M. Grant