N Quotes
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“Nihil humanum a me alienum puto, said the Roman poet Terence: 'Nothing human is alien to me.' The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human.”
Source: Hitch 22: A Memoir
“Nihil sub sole novum”
Source: The Secret History
“Nihil tam acerbum est in quo non æquus animus solatium inveniat.
There is nothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind can not find some solace for it.”
“Nihilism conditions us to actualize ourselves. It denies nothing of the inherent meaning to existence, and does not create a false "objective" reality based on our perceptions of what we wish did exist. Instead, it charges us to choose what we wish existed, and to work toward making it occur in reality.”
“Nihilism, denying the significance of our actions, makes no sense. It is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we believe that we are not going to make it, we will actually not do anything.”
Source: Analyze, Act, Advance: Reflections and cutting-edge strategies to build in your life, your family, your organization, and your community a virtuous ... renewal, and continuous improvement
“Nihilism has no substance. There is no such thing as nothingness, and zero does not exist. Everything is something. Nothing is nothing.”
Source: Les Misérables
“Nihilism in American comedy came along way before 'The Simpsons.' There was a fairly nihilistic point of view to 'Saturday Night Live,' for instance, back in the beginning, and a lot of really dark comedy had a really anti-sentimental take on life.”
“Nihilism is a natural consequence of a culture (or civilization) ruled and regulated by categories that mask manipulation, mastery and domination of peoples and nature.”
“Nihilism is best done by professionals.”
“Nihilism is not an existential quandary but a speculative opportunity.”
Source: Nihil Unbound: Naturalism and Anti-Phenomenological Realism
“Nihilism is not only despair and negation, but above all the desire to despair and to negate.”
Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
“Nihilism, there's really nothing to it.”
“Nihilism: any aim is lacking, any answer to the question "why" is lacking. What does nihilism mean?--that the supreme values devaluate themselves.”
“Nihilisme had de mens, weinig tot niets, te zeggen.”
“NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
“Nihilists... F#$% me. I mean say what you will about the tenets of national socialism dude, at least it's an ethos”
“Niin inisi ihminen aikansa kuin sääski, elämän someroisella valtatiellä. Ja katosi kuin sääski! Kuka siitä välitti: sääski kuin sääski. Kohtalon nyörien juoksuttaja ei näytä muuta välittävän, kunhan vain elämän uoma on täynnä kuhinaa.”
Source: Kootut teokset. 1 : Maantietä pitkin ja muita teoksia
“Niin kauan kuin kirjoitan disinformaatiosta, tietty porukka vihaa minua. Heille minä edustan poliittista vihollista. He ovat tehneet minusta osapuolen taistelussa, johon olen kieltäytynyt osallistumasta. En silti voi sille mitään, he raahaavat minut tantereelle uudestaan ja uudestaan. Siellä pöllyää niin, ettei kukaan näe eteensä.”
Source: Oikeusjuttu
“Niin! lihavat ne osaavat paremmin asioitansa ajaa maailmassa kuin laihat.
Laihat palvelevat enimmäkseen erityisillä toimilla tahi ylimääräisinä, heiluen sinne tänne; heidän
toimeentulonsa on ikään kuin köykäistä ilmassa keijumista ja peräti epävarmaa! Lihavat sitä
vastoin eivät ole koskaan ylimääräisissä viroissa, vaan aina vakinaisissa, ja mihin virkaan kerran
istuvat, niin lujasti ja varmasti siihen istuvatkin, niin että saattaa virkakin heidän altansa risahtaa ja
hävitä, vaan he kas vaan eivät paikastaan erkane.”
“Niiskun unikuoppa näytti kaikkein kuivimmalta.
-Siirry vähän, Hemuli sanoi. -Minun vuoteeseeni on satanut.
-Se on pahinta sinulle itsellesi, sanoi Niisku ja kääntyi toiselle kyljelleen.
-Siksi minä ajattelin nukkua sinun kuopassasi, Hemuli selitti. -Älä nyt turhia niiskuta.
Mutta Niisku vain urahti hiukan ja jatkoi uniaan. Silloin Hemulin sydän täyttyi kostonhalusta, ja hän kaivoi hiekkaan kanavan oman kuoppansa ja Niiskun kuopan välille.
-Tuo oli epähemulimaista, sanoi Niisku ja nousi istumaan märässä huovassaan. -Mutta en olisi ikinä uskonut, että sinä keksisit noin nokkelan tempun!”
Source: Finn Family Moomintroll
“Nije bolno to što ne ostvarujemo svoje ciljeve, već što ih uopšte i nemamo!”
“Nije da se ne usuđujemo zato što su stvari teške; već su stvari teške zato što se ne usuđujemo.”
“Nije još mogla da objasni, čak ni sebi, san koji je usnila posle njihovog susreta u kantini. Gospode, zapanjila se kad su joj sutradan u glavi iskrsnuli odjeci tog sna. Nije bio seksualan; opio ju je daleko više, i bio je mnogo opasniji. Taj san ju je ispunio snažnom i neobjašnjivom čežnjom za dalekim mestima i vremenima, žudnjom za koju je mislila da ju je odavno prerasla, a kad se ujutru probudila i shvatila da mora živeti bez te čežnje, osetila se kao da joj je umro neko drag. Trudila se da izbaci iz glave taj san, njegove glade senke koje su odbijale da se rasplinu.”
Source: The Rose Garden
“Nije li, ipak, ljudska glupost mati svakog zla na ovom svetu?”
Source: Vreme smrti, knjiga I
“Nije ona svetica. Brinuti se na nekoga tko te ne poznaje ne čini te svecem. (....) Ali kad razmišljaš o svecima, sumnjam da je i jedan od njih usrećio vlastitu obitelj. (...) A svece i svetice njihove obitelji općenito mrze.”
Source: The Dutch House
“Nije želio složene situacije jer više nije vjerovao samom sebi da bi se iz njih ikad mogao izvući.”
Source: Čudesna krljušt
“Nije život ono što se događa, već ono kako vi gledate na to što se događa.”
Source: U Vortexu ostvarenih želja
“Nijedna tuđa sreća nije bez pomalo sreće i za nas druge. Zato je jedna velika mudrost od tuđe sreće praviti sreću i za sebe.”
“Nijinsky in 'Le Spectre de la rose' was like nothing I'd seen before. He danced a fifteen-minute solo and it passed like a dream. He was wearing a silk tricot, palest nude, onto which were pinned dozens of silk Bakst petals, pink and red and purple. The most exotic creature, so beautiful, like a shiny, graceful insect on the verge of flight. He leapt as if it cost him no effort, lingering in the air far longer than was possible, and seemed not to touch the stage between times. I believed that night that a man might fly, that anything was possible.”
Source: The Lake House
“Nikad nemoj dozvoliti da ti vrijeme bude gospodar', rekao je Bellman. 'Ako nešto želiš učiniti, učini to. Vrijeme će se stvoriti samo od sebe.'
No zapravo, smatrao je da je otkrio - ili mu je darovan - ključ znanosti o upravljanju vremenom. Mogao je otključati vrijeme poput kovčega kad god mu se prohtjelo, staviti uteg na klatno i usporiti njegovo kretanje. Mogao je rastaviti sate na dijelove, pronaći u njima dodatne minute koje su odlazile u vjetar i iskoristiti ih.”
Source: Bellman & Black
“Nikad neću zaboraviti teški miris baruta na tom prelijepom proljetnom danu i taj kontrast između prelijepog vremena, prirode i proljeća s jedne strane, i ratnog užasa s druge strane. Koliko nam tako lijepih dana duguju!
Elma Tataragic”
Source: 2. Maj 1992. Bio je lijep i sunčan dan
“Nikad nikome nemoj vjerovati, Daniele, posebice ne onima kojima se diviš. Oni će ti prvi zabiti nož u leđa.”
Source: The Shadow Of The Wind
“Nikad se nije prestao čuditi mizernom napretku ljudskog roda kad je riječ od pogrebnim obredima. Vrsta koja je izmislila digitalne satove, otkrila DNK i stvorila strojeve za magnetsku rezonanciju, bijedno je zakazala u zbrinjavanju svojih mrtvih. Danas je u tome jedva imalo naprednija nego prije tisuću godina. Istina, oni koji se valjaju u novcu i mašti naizgled imaju malo veći izbor od ostalih; oni savoj pepeo mogu rasuti u svemir, ako žele. Ili se mogu dati zalediti - u nadi da će za sto godina biti oživljeni. Ali većini ljudi opcije su prilično ograničene: pokop ili kremacija. I to je otprilike to. Ako tamo gore postoji Bog, sigurno se grohotom smije ljudskom rodu koji je sposoban stvoriti atomske bombe i umjetnu inteligenciju, ali se još uvijek nije pomirio s vlastitom smrtnošću i ne zna što da učini sa svojim mrtvima. Patetično je pokušavati degradirati smrt na periferiju života, kad je ona u središtu svega.”
Source: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
“Nikada neću moći vratiti prošlost, nikada neću uspjeti izaći iz tmine nazad na svjetlo. Zauvijek ću morati živjeti pod krinkom, skrivajući svoje pravo ja pred cijelim svijetom.”
Source: Bring Me Back
“Nikah is a contract that transfers responsibilities. Therefore know the man you're thinking of marrying, and be sure that he is able to take care of you, more than your dad did. Islam empowers women with honor and dignity. Don't settle for anything less.”
“Nikal jata hu har waqt ghar se kahi door jane ki firaak mai, jo dhal jati hai shaam, jis taraf bhi nikal jata hu, hamesha ghar hi pohanch jata hu mai”
“Nikdy si neříkejte, že zítra je taky den a že to zvládnete později. Dělejte všechno hned, jak můžete, nic neodkládejte.”
Source: A Little Place in Prague
“Nike actually has a pair of shoes called Air-Turbulence. Try getting past airline security wearing those. Might as well call them Air-Osama.”
“Nike doesn't want to make products for everyone - they want to make products for champions.”
“Nike has always been a business about excellence and achievement.”
“Nike is a marketing-oriented company, and the product is our most important marketing tool.”
“NIKE is focused on elevating and accelerating innovation in our products, services and our digital ecosystem. This requires progressive and agile technology solutions that keep pace with our growth, which is what Juniper's solutions offer.”
“Nike is the uniform for kids all over the world, and African design has been killed by Nike. Africans no longer want to wear their own designs.”
“Nike told me, 'We can't give you royalties because you're not a professional athlete.' I told them 'I'll go to the Garden and play one-on-no-one.' I'm a performance athlete!”
“Nike used to be known as Blue Ribbon Sports. What's now Sara Lee used to be Consolidated Foods. And Exxon was once Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. These were name changes that worked. But for all the ones that do, there are 10 or 20 that don't.”
“Nikita uzun süre tek başına dikildi karanlık odada, başkasının elemine engel olmaya utanıyordu. Lyuba onunla ilgilenmiyordu, çünkü kendi acısından duyduğu keder insanı bütün diğer acı çekenlere karşı duyarsızlaştırır. Nikita izin almadan yatağa, Lyuba'nın ayakucuna oturdu, francalaları koynundan çıkardı, bir yerlere sokuşturmak istiyordu, ama şimdilik bir yer bulabilmiş değildi.
(Potudan Nehri / Dönüş)”
Source: The Return and Other Stories
“Nikki "Brandon's never hurt anyone. He's competely sweet and adorable." I choked a little on the sip of sparkling water I'k just swallowed. If Brandon was sweet and adorable, I was Satan's bride.”
“Nikki Giovanni! I got a book of hers from the library, and there was this woman who could paint me on paper with words - my whole little experience. I thought it was wonderful.”
“Nikki Lamborn has the best female rock voice since Janis Joplin and I know what I’m talking about, I knew Janis.”
“Nikki lives around the corner from me and I see him all the time. We talk a lot, and of course we're still friends. That was our baby, Motley Crue, we put that band together.”