The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.

Tak ada brahmana angkuh. Mereka hanya lebih mengerti, lebih tahu daripada orang yang menganggap pengetahuan dan ilmu sebagai keangkuhan.

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

I think part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids.

Stephen King

I have a family, loving aunts, and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything except my one true friend. All I think about when I'm with friends is having a good time. I can't bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don't seem to be able to get any closer, and that's the problem.

Anne Frank

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.

Charles Eames

I listen to the people. That was a big reason for my life, maybe the main reason, I'm singing because I love it when people say to me, 'Thank you.' I thank them. It's a marriage.

Julio Iglesias

When I go to a restaurant, I eat three-quarters of the food in front of me. That cuts my calorie intake by 25 percent.

Bobby Flay

How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us.

Fred Rogers

Precious gifts of friendship... knowing the heart of another, sharing one's heart with another.

Source Unknown

A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money.

Carter Glass

I was influenced by surrealist poetry and painting as were thousands of other people, and it seems to me to have become a part of the way I write, but it's not.

Kenneth Koch

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure.

Herbert Hoover

My life has been an open book, for better or for worse.

Blake Shelton