642weather Quotes & Sayings

Let me repeat that: Our civilization is constitutionally incapable of reversing the annihilation of natural capital, or even slowing it down. Get used to that. When we really understand that, the project of reconceiving civilization itself will gain powerful impetus. — Charles Eisenstein

if we do not venture somebody else will; — Jane Austen

I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which. — Kevin Kline

When I go to a show, all I really want is to hear a performance that sounds legitimate, and not just going through the motions. I'm not sure any amount of jumping up and down really persuades me in either direction. — Dan Bejar

If you think my acts are foolishness; the foolishness may be in the fools eye. — Sophocles

The most ferocious animals are disarmed by caresses to their young — Victor Hugo

If it weren't for all the setbacks and problems of life, there would be nothing to look forward to. — Michael Atencio

Our opinion of the gods and our knowledge of men lead us to conclude that it is a general and necessary law of nature to rule whatever one can. This is not a law that we made ourselves, nor were we the first to act upon it when it was made. We found it already in existence, and we shall leave it to exist for ever among those who come after us. We are merely acting in accordance with it, and we know that you or anybody else with the same power as ours would be acting in precisely the same way.
Goodwill shown by the party that is asking for help does not mean security for the prospective ally. What is looked for is a positive preponderance of power in action. — Thucydides