Imran > Imran's Quotes

“L'essentiel est de lire beaucoup. N'importe quoi. Ce qu'on a envie de lire. Le tri se fait après. Et même la mauvaise littérature est nourricière. La seule littérature stérilisante, la littérature prétentieuse, philosophisante, cuistre, est sans danger pour les enfants parce qu'ils ne peuvent pas pénétrer dedans. Ils la rejettent, comme ils tournent le bouton de la T.V. au moment des discours politiques. Ce sont des sages.”
― René Barjavel

“Le savoir des écoles se borne à enseigner le "comment". C'est un savoir éparpillé, sans unité et sans direction. Ce n'est pas un chemin qui conduit vers le sommet de la montagne d'où l'on pourra voir l'horizon et comprendre dans tous ses détails l'ordonnance du paysage, c'est une plaine de sable dont on propose à l'homme d'étudier chaque grain. Ce savoir ne peut donner naissance qu'à une société de technique, sans sagesse et sans raison, aussi absurde et dangereuse dans son comportement qu'un camion-citerne lancé sans conducteur sur une autoroute en pente.”
― René Barjavel

“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

“I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

“Witches are naturally nosy,” said Miss Tick, standing up. “Well, I must go. I hope we shall meet again. I will give you some free advice, though.”
“Will it cost me anything?”
“What? I just said it was free!” said Miss Tick.
“Yes, but my father said that free advice often turns out to be expensive,” said Tiffany.
Miss Tick sniffed. “You could say this advice is priceless,” she said, “Are you listening?”
“Yes,” said Tiffany.
“Good. Now...if you trust in yourself...”
“Yes?”
“...and believe in your dreams...”
“Yes?”
“...and follow your star...” Miss Tick went on.
“Yes?”
“...you’ll still be beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren’t so lazy. Goodbye.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
― Terry Pratchett

“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
― Terry Pratchett

“Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

“No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want to know!" the man yelled.
"Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the moon?"
"What?"
"Oh, you'd like something simpler?”
― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

“If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you.”
― Terry Pratchett

“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle-earth.”
― George R.R. Martin

“We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.”
― George R.R. Martin

“Politicians were mostly people who'd had too little morals and ethics to stay lawyers.”
― George R.R. Martin, Ace in the Hole

“I've seen men die because they were sure that what should not happen,would not.
-Robert Jordan(The eye of the world,Wheel of time)”
― Robert Jordan

“Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.”
― Robert Jordan

“The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.”
― Robert Jordan

“Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather.”
― Robert Jordan

“The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.”
― Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

“But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.”
― Robert Jordan

“I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in the house, what kind of roof they're going to have, where the wires are going to run, what kind of plumbing there's going to be. They have the whole thing designed and blueprinted out before they even nail the first board up. The gardeners dig a hole, drop in a seed and water it. They kind of know what seed it is, they know if planted a fantasy seed or mystery seed or whatever. But as the plant comes up and they water it, they don't know how many branches it's going to have, they find out as it grows. And I'm much more a gardener than an architect.”
― George R.R. Martin

“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw