Billy Young > Billy's Quotes

“A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it.”
― Anne McCaffrey

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders

“A lot of the people who read a bestselling novel, for example, do not read much other fiction. By contrast, the audience for an obscure novel is largely composed of people who read a lot. That means the least popular books are judged by people who have the highest standards, while the most popular are judged by people who literally do not know any better. An American who read just one book this year was disproportionately likely to have read ‘The Lost Symbol’, by Dan Brown. He almost certainly liked it.”
― The Economist

“May the blind see the forms,
May the deaf hear sounds.

May the naked find clothing,
The hungry find food;
May the thirsty find water
And delicious drinks.

May the poor find wealth,
Those weak with sorrow find joy;
May the forlorn find new hope,
Constant happiness and prosperity.

May the frightened cease to be afraid
And those bound be freed;
May the powerless find power,
And may the people think of benefiting one another”
― Shantideva

“The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.”
― Leo Rosten

“لماذا تأتي الطعنة دائما من المقربين؟ ربما لو كانوا أكثر بعدا لأصابت طعنتهم مكانا آخر اقل خطورة ، اقل ألما ، لا ينضح بالنبضات التي تدق لأجلهم !”
― دعاء عبدالرحمن, إيماچو

“و كن من أنتَ حيث تكون
و احمل عبءَ قلبِكَ وحدهُ”
― محمود درويش

“Spiritually oriented books help us refine sense of right and wrong in a confusing world.”
― Dr Sukhraj Dhillon