Quotes
Authors
Kurt Vonnegut
"The proper ending for any story about people it seems to me, since life is now a polymer in which the Earth is wrapped so tightly, should be the same abbreviation, which I now write large because I feel like it, which is this one: ETC." --
Kurt Vonnegut
#Writing Quotes
#People Quotes
#Abbreviations Quotes
“You know, it's a big version of an episode, which I think is necessary at this point because we're drawing in people who not only people who have seen the show before and are devoted to it, but people who have never seen it before.”
“I study nature so as not to do foolish things.”
“I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of trying not to sound as if I had worked. I try to make them sound as natural as possible, but within a quite strict form, which to my ears has a lot to do with musical rhythm and sound.”
“This is a place where grandmothers hold babies on their laps under the stars and whisper in their ears that the lights in the sky are holes in the floor of heaven.”
Source : FaceBook post by Rick Bragg from May 17, 2013
“I was sort of retired, you could say. During that process, I was recording here and there. I put out several songs expressing myself to the fans and letting them know of my whereabouts and what I was doing. I gave them insight into my situation. To my surprise, the fans have been very supporting and understanding.”
“Half the world is below average and it's not going to get any better.”
“Integrity is the key to understanding legal practice. Law's empire is defined by attitude, not territory or power or process.”
“The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.”