An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
#proverbs #turkish-proverbs #stupidity

Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed. ~Trevor Baylis
#quotes #trevor-baylis #inspiration #ideas #night

The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
#quotes #christopher-nolan

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
#proverbs #grandparents

A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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I mean, sometimes, a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. ~Eddie Izzard
#quotes #eddie-izzard #acting #comedy

To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #women

You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast. ~Junior Seau
#quotes #junior-seau #sports #hockey

Neglect starts out as an infection then becomes a disease. ~Jim Rohn
#quotes #jim-rohn #disease

Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ~Anita Desai
#quotes #anita-desai #travel

Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs #adversity

All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
#quotes #edward-snowden #truth #government

Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #advice #stupidity

Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
#proverbs #roses #complaining

It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #wisdom #stupidity

The West is dead; you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. ~Charles Marion Russell
#quotes #charles-marion-russell #west

A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs

A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
#proverbs #sicilian-proverbs #friendship

You are playing worse and worse every day and right now you are playing like it's next month. ~Herb Brooks
#quotes #herb-brooks #inspiration

Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
#proverbs #singing #happiness

He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
#quotes #winston-churchill #government #democracy #stupidity

The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #food #mind

A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
#proverbs #german-proverbs #medicine #doctors