#events

If you were smart," Genghis said, "you would have borrowed the silverware of one of your friends." "We never thought of that," Klaus said. When one is forced to tell atrocious lies, one often feels a guilty flutter in one's stomach, and Klaus felt such a flutter now. "You certainly are an intelligent man." "Not only am I intelligent," Genghis agreed, "but I'm also very smart. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#clever #count-olaf #funny-humor #intelligent #lemony-snicket

Lo esperado no sucede. Es lo inesperado lo que acontece. ↗

— Ernesto Sabato

#life #time #life

An event in the present evokes past sensations. But science couldn't explain how a foolish heart had the power to overrule common sense. ↗

— Susan Wiggs

#events #heart #science

Bond is the longest-running franchise ever and there's a reason for that: they are action movies but they are also touched by current events without being political or too serious. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#action movies #also #being #bond #current

News is important information that may influence your investments. Noise is talk or buzz or some headline that prevents you from seeing a story clearly. News is useful. Noise is a distraction. Calling what's noise and news after the fact is easy. ↗

— Maria Bartiromo

#buzz #calling #clearly #distraction #easy

I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, then a page or two breaking the events into chapters, and then reams of pages delving into my characters. After that, I'm ready to begin. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#begin #breaking #chapters #characters #delving

All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#events #liars #make #own #people

My memories of events and games are fragmented. ↗

— Zinedine Zidane

#fragmented #games #memories

I believe, however, that impending events will call us and we must respond but where, with whom, and how? ↗

— John Burns

#call #events #how #however #i

My time at Shell was a most valuable experience because it taught me to look at the world in a long-term way. Shell takes a 20-year view on events and plans for different scenarios. It makes you see the world as a kind of large matrix. ↗

— Vince Cable

#different #events #experience #kind #large