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 Wednesday Quotes
Tag: #Wednesday Quotes
Let’s Aim for Success, then.
“Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” Henry Ford This statue by Jean Luc Bambara symbolises the partnership between the Garango region in Burkina Faso and Ladenburg near Heidelberg. For the last 40 years they have worked together in numerous … Continue reading Let’s Aim for Success, then.
Fritz the Cat
Cats have it all. Admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want to. Rod McKuen And if they sit on a roof or up on a wall – I’ll also look up to them. BTW: The original Fritz was a tabby. Remember him? … Continue reading Fritz the Cat
Of Opinions and Nipples
“Opinions are like nipples, everybody has one. Some have firm points, others are barely discernible through layers, and some are displayed at every opportunity regardless of whether the audience has stated “I am interested in your nipples” or not.”
David Thorne, The Internet is a Playground
And some opinions are just cannot stay hidden!
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Words, Words, Words! Show Me!
“Words can be twisted into any shape.”
Karen Marie Moning
I’m pretty sure that Karen Moning wasn’t thinking of graffity and street art when she wrote this line but the words on these walls are definitely twisted.
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A Prayer for a Mountaineer
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.”
Edward Abbey
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If You Love Something
If you love something
set it free,
but don’t be surprised
if it comes back with herpes.
Or something similar. – Oh dear, don’t be ashamed!
“If you love something set it free, but don’t be surprised if it comes back with herpes.”
Chuck Palahniuk
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Tacit Agreement
“Loving someone is like moving into a house,” Sonja used to say. “At first you fall in love with all the new things, amazed every morning that all this belongs to you, as if fearing that someone would suddenly come rushing in through the door to explain that a terrible mistake had been made, you weren’t actually supposed to live in a wonderful place like this. Then over the years the walls become weathered, the wood splinters here and there, and you start to love that house not so much because of all its perfection, but rather for its imperfections. You get to know all the nooks and crannies. How to avoid getting the key caught in the lock when it’s cold outside. Which of the floorboards flex slightly when one steps on them or exactly how to open the wardrobe doors without them creaking. These are the little secrets that make it your home.”
Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove
Wednesday Quotes: Weathered and rustic
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What Shape Contains You?
“Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container.”
Wallace Stevens
The vase was on display in the National Glass Centre in Sunderland.
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Native Speaker
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Does a bilingual speaker have a mother and father tongue?
Are you an orphan if you prefer to talk tongue-in-cheek?
And I leave you with a plea for my profession:
Being a native speaker is not a profession.
Being a translator is.
anon.
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