Top 994 Quotes & Sayings by Swedish Authors - Page 2

Hair wax is my go-to. When it comes to shampoo, I use whatever is at the rink.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.

It's important to be professional and do a good job for Al Ain, because I have had a good time in the club. And once the season ends I will make a decision.

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.

Nicolas Cage is a great actor and he's done some good action movies too.

If you don't like Beyonce, then it's hard for me to trust you. It's like not liking world peace.

It's fun being beautiful. It's awesome.

As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago?

I go by my gut feeling.

If you're not critical about your history, that can be a problem because there are religious leaders, politicians and all kinds of powerful people who can take advantage of a population that isn't really thinking.

If you're afraid of losing, then you daren't win.

For me it was never a question either, I wanted to stay in United and believe very much in what we have going on and that is also why I signed a new contract. I love to represent United and to wear that shirt every day.

I think Stieg Larsson was pretty brave. He wanted to bring up things that we don't like to talk about, or like to ignore.

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty.

One billion grains of sand come into existence in the world each second. That's a cyclical process. As rocks and mountains die, grains of sand are born. Some of those grains may then cement naturally into sandstone. And as the sandstone weathers, new grains break free. Some of those grains may then accumulate on a massive scale, into a sand dune.

I stumbled into soul music at a very young age. It had something that really spoke to me.

Success is not only one thing. It's not only having a nice house in Beverly Hills and driving a nice Mercedes.

A healthy ocean is not a luxury item. It is a necessity for survival. And taking care of the ocean means taking care of ourselves.

I'm not regimented. I don't diet, and I exercise the way I want to.

Improved maternal health benefits the whole of society.

A peaceful world requires collective measures for the prevention of war, international cooperation to solve economic and social problems, and respect for human rights.

I was in bed with cold sweats, all different symptoms. It was really terrible for a long time, and when the fever went away there was all this weakness and tiredness.

I have many times thought I did the wrong thing, but the reason was not to be a medical doctor - it was just to have the information. But then, maybe I was wrong, I don't know.

Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.

People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

I think we sort of are all fans of love really, if you're not then you're too cynical aren't you?

Everyone tells me I have a funny accent. It's because I copy people. I learned English at school but have best friends who are French, Australian, English and American; a very weird mix.

Now I have a very good life and I am very proud of my work.

A good story can travel in time and borders; it hits you no matter where you are.

In society, liberty for one may mean the suppression of liberty for others.

I am for the art of underwear and the art of taxicabs. I am for the art of ice cream cones dropped on concrete.

I walk slowly into myself, through a forest of empty suits of armor.

Pretty it's pretty good for me because I'm over here in the winters. It's really improved my golf game.

I get cast at the last minute. I don't know, maybe somebody drops out and they can't get someone, and someone is like, 'Oh, how about Katia Winter?'

At a deep psychological level, convincing young people that they will get the respect, admiration, love that they are looking for through consumerism is a manipulation of a deep human instinct to want to belong.

When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.

I have two daughters and to be honest they are all that matter to me.

Deforestation will continue as long as cutting down and burning trees is more economic than preserving them.

Forgiveness takes time. It is the last step of the grieving process.

I feel I've made the transition from model to actress, but I'm not that secure about it. Lauren Hutton, Jennifer O'Neill - we all know that a few films don't mean all that much.

Traits acquired during one's lifetime - muscles built up in the gym, for example - cannot be passed on to the next generation. Now with technology, as it happens, we might indeed be able to transfer some of our acquired traits on to our selected offspring by genetic engineering.

Aside from my work, my interests lie in the arts and in world affairs.

In the world of the present, in our time, we feel that suffering, anguish, the torments of body and soul, are greater than ever before in the history of mankind.

The northern part of Sweden is considered more isolated, not so sociable, not so educated, more unemployment, very working-class, and people drink more than rest of Sweden; that's the kind of area I'm from.

There is no rational reason to doubt that the universe has existed indefinitely, for an infinite time. It is only myth that attempts to say how the universe came to be, either four thousand or twenty billion years ago.

Being rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me.

In 1922, I got a small stipend from the Swedish-American Foundation and went to Cambridge, England, for a few months and thereafter to Harvard University. In the summer, Cambridge was rather empty, but I am grateful for many pleasant talks about economics with Austin Robinson who, in the summer of 1922, seemed to be about as lonely as I was.

If there is a Swedish style, I cannot identify it.

Something about writing needs a sort of distance not to be involved as a writer - just something that makes it easier to write. You have to make choices all the time - what to tell and what not to tell.

Anyone who has ever sat in a train as it rushes through a dark night will know that sometimes there are long minutes when the coaches slide smoothly along without so much as a shudder.

We have three daughters, our own. And, of course, there's nothing more frightening than something bad happening to them. And also, the thought of our children turning bad in some ways is another frightening thought.

Without peace, there is nothing truly human. Peace is harmony. And harmony is the highest ideal of life.

In modern pharmacology it's so clear that even if you have a fixed dose of a drug, the individuals respond very differently to one and the same dose.

If a tree dies, plant another in its place.

I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first.

I'm not violent, I don't believe in killing people, but standing up for yourself, speaking out against injustice, is another form of vengeance.

While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.

The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it.