2010infiniti Quotes & Sayings

Any time we read a newspaper or take any look at the world around us, we are aware of the cruelty and violence that dominates our world. — Marianne Williamson

An idea is only an idea if it causes unease, debate and reflection. By that standard, Thomas Homer-Dixon's concept of an 'ingenuity gap' is truly a new idea. I can think of no other new concept that so fully condenses all of the challenges we face as a human civilization than the 'ingenuity gap'. Homer-Dixon has found a way to unite all of our concerns about economics, war, population growth, complexity, etc. under a single heading. He is one of an elite group of academics who can write for a mass audience. — Robert D. Kaplan

Beyond the fence the forest stood up spectrally in the moonlight, and through the dim stir, through the faint sounds of that lamentable courtyard, the silence of the land went home to one's very heart - its mystery, its greatness, the amazing reality of its concealed life. — Joseph Conrad

Everything - our lives, our loves, our futures - hinges on one word alone: IF. — A.G. Howard

Nothing improper was occurring, on the surface, but she hadn't said a word about her new friend to Max; and by consistently failing to mention and event of significance in her day she was practising a form of duplicity. — Patrick McGrath

Whether it's an attorney or a bond trader or a journalist, or a musician or pastor, you want to do your best. You don't want to seek acclaim. You don't want to seek awards. You want to seek to do your best at what God's given you. — Louie Giglio

Show me a good and gracious loser and I will show you a failure. — Knute Rockne

Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. — Arthur Wellesley