2pm Gmt Quotes & Sayings

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. — Barack Obama

Give me to drink mandragora. — William Shakespeare

Initial work is on period research where the historical markers are absolutely non-negotiable. Once that is established, a writer can take creative liberties in terms of chronology to suit the story. — Ashwin Sanghi

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves — Hazrat Inayat Khan

When you have a brush in your hand, inking a beautiful woman is a lot like running your hands over her. — Frank Miller

If we do right, we shall rejoice. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end. — Gabrielle Zevin

Do the people of this land ... desire to preserve those [liberties] protected by the First Amendment ... If so, let them withstand all beginnings of encroachment. For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanquished liberty is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch for a saving hand while yet there was time. — George Sutherland

I reiterate that the rigor and credibility brought to the world by Monti's government are for us a point of no return. — Pier Luigi Bersani

When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did. — Roddy Doyle

Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory ... In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man's freedom. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

What is true for E. coli is also true for the elephant. — Jacques Monod

One should not be assigned one's identity in society by the job slot one happens to fill. If we truly believe in the dignity of labor, any task can be performed with equal pride because none can demean the basic dignity of a human being. — Judith Martin