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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Cognitive re-calibration, Natasha Romanoff from Avengers (2012)


Natasha Romanoff: [Clint is waking up from Loki's mind control] Clint, you're gonna be alright.
Clint Barton: You know that? Is that what you know? I got... I gotta go in though. I gotta flush him out.
Natasha Romanoff: You gotta level out, that's gonna take time.
Clint Barton: You don't understand. Have you ever had someone take your brain and play? Take you out and stuff something else in? You know what it's like to be unmade?
Natasha Romanoff: You know that I do.
Clint Barton: Why am I back? How'd you get him out?
Natasha Romanoff: Cognitive re-calibration. I hit you really hard in the head.
Clint Barton: Thanks.

- Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff from Avengers (2012)

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Women, Friedrich Nietzsche


Woman was God's second mistake.

- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

여성은 신의 두번째 실수입니다.

- 니체

Monday, January 27, 2014

Winter, Willa Cather


Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

- Willa Cather (1873-1947)

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Work, Albanian Proverb


Kur s'ke punë luaj derën.
Translation: When you have nothing to do, rattle the door.

- Albanian proverb

Meaning: If you are bored, start doing some work.

Kostallari, Gjuhësisëdhe i Letërsisë(Akademia e Shkencave e RPS tëShqipërisë) (1981). Fjalor i gjuhës sësotme shqipe. Rilindja. p. 1570.


http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albanian_proverbs
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Category:Proverbs

Friday, January 24, 2014

Celebrity, Phoebe Cates


Young people are more sophisticated today, thanks to magazines and movies and even porno cable television. As a New Yorker I think I`ve matured faster than other young people. I`m street smart.

- Phoebe Cates (1963- )

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Time, Zhu Xi (朱憙, 1130-1200)

少年易老学难成,一寸光阴不可轻。

- 朱憙

The young become old soon. It takes a lot of time to learn something. We must not waste any time.

- Zhu Xi (朱憙, 1130-1200)


Similar Sayings

¶ Time is money.(Western Proverb)

¶ You may delay, but time will not. (Benjamin Franklin)