Adverse famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.

  • I found everything so remote but, at the same time, familiar when I occasionally looked into the mountains, rocks, pine trees and plums depicted in old literati paintings. My innermost feeling which was awakened by the same mountains, rocks, pine trees and plums has been totally and utterly changed. Moreover, like an apparition, it hides deep down in my vessels. The very trees and rocks have become the storage of memories and emotions from various eras. Forced by the rapid change of time and perspective, I cannot help but feel urged to face up to these things once again.

  • A lot of modern comedies are difficult to watch too, because they're so ironic and so detached and so quote-unquote clever. They kind of keep you at arm's length. They can be really funny, but they're not really nourishing.

  • The most that somebody in Mexico City will get paid for a job in construction is 100 pesos a day.

  • Perfect sandwich? Two slices of white bread, mustard, mayo and a platinum American Express card.

  • Don't judge a book by its thickness either.

  • The smaller your reality, the more convinced you are that you know everything.

  • Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body...

  • Postmodernism does not help us understand good art. It encourages art that can be easily understood and throws in something catchy to cover the loss of mystery.

  • Advice to aspiring ministers: Get in the Word. Stay in the Word. Master the Word. And for heaven's sake, preach the Word!