9bngo Quotes & Sayings

Today, the Pope is only a religious figure. At the time of 'The Borgias,' he was also a political leader, a financial leader, and the head of an army. I think popes are much less relevant today than they were then. — Francois Arnaud

Learning is not compulsory; it's voluntary. Improvement is not compulsory; it's voluntary. But to survive, we must learn. — W. Edwards Deming

The Iraq War is the largest strategic blunder in U.S. history ... On every level - moral, strategic, military and economic - Iraq was a failure. And it was you, Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney, who started this war. It is you who should pay the consequences. — Tomas Young

It's so beautiful at this hour. The sun is low, the shadows are long, the air is cold and clean. You won't be awake for another five hours, but I can't help feeling that we're sharing this clear and beautiful morning. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Truth does not change, not even for God. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I didn't have a role model when I was younger. — Andy Cohen

There is no need to make spirituality a part of education. If you make education non-imposing and non-suppressive, people are naturally spiritual. — Jaggi Vasudev

Mussolini and his lover were brought back to Milan and hung upside-down like fowls. — Catherine McNamara

Well, when I was a kid, if my father was witnessing something that he thought was particularly outrageous or he was looking at some sort of a question that he thought lacked proper definition, he would say, Well, at least Jesse James had the honor to wear a mask. — Richard Neal

Once one has been to these challenging terrible places they're always strangely drawn back ... because there's nothing that can compare to seeing the raw reality of the basic human need for survival. It disgusts and inspires — Dan Eldon

I like to have my morning newspaper ironed before I read it. I like to have my shoes boned before they are polished. I like to sit in the back of the car and be driven. I like beds to be made, dishes to be washed, grass to be cut, drinks to be served, telephones to be answered, and common tasks to be dealt with invisibly and efficiently so that I can devote my time to major decisions like the choice of wines for dinner and who to vote for in the next election for the mayor of my village.
That is life as it should be lived, and all it takes is money and servants. — Peter Mayle

Start with the foreground. Compositions fail when the foreground is treated as an afterthought. — Robert Genn

I picked up the bass kind of postpunk-style. There's a real art to not learning how to play an instrument and being able to still play it. — Kim Gordon