A Elya Zcan Kurulus Osman Quotes & Sayings

A man knows, not only that he now is, but also that there was a time when he did not exist; consequently there must have been a cause. But we can only infer, from effects, causes exactly adequate to those effects. There certainly is a generative power which is effected by particular instruments; we cannot prove that it is inherent in these instruments, nor is the contrary hypothesis capable of demonstration. We admit that the generative power is incomprehensible, but to suppose that the same effects are produced by an eternal Omnipotent and Omniscient Being, leaves the cause in the same obscurity, but renders it more incomprehensible. — Christopher Hitchens

In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to freedom. — Kathleen Battle

You've got to show your soul otherwise you're just a piece of equipment. — Sylvester Stallone

Inspector Rebus is a great character, so when the opportunity came up to revive the role for 'BBC Children in Need,' and really have a bit of fun with it, I was happy to take part. — Ken Stott

Though he was only twenty-six, he felt that he had watched the decay and dissolution of a hundred years. Nothing of the past remained untouched. Not the old buildings, — Ellen Glasgow

Though everyone may yearn for a tranquil death, the basic instinct to stay alive is a far more powerful force — Sherwin B. Nuland

The rush of fear is far better than the defeat of boredom. — Lisa Renee Jones

The rainforests hold answers to questions we have yet to ask. — Mark Plotkin

I probably would have gone the M.F.A. route except I was a dad at 19, and it made more sense to go to work for a newspaper and support a kid that way. But the funny thing is, that detour became the most important step in my developing as a novelist. — Jess Walter

The Pope! How many divisions has he got? — Joseph Stalin

She made a firm resolution, one of the resolutions she was making almost daily these days. No more sleepovers, no more writing poetry, no more wasting time. Time to tidy up your life. Time to start again. — David Nicholls

The audience seems hazy to me, shrouded in a veil through which I can't see. — Park Chan-wook

Army? I don't need an army when I've got my ax! — Markus Heitz

There is nothing like the truth to make those hiding from it extremely angry. — Matthew Akers

Townsend's wife Rita, a striking, razor-sharp Latina lawyer, who seemed to be the brains in the household, lost her cool in front of the cameras at a rally in Charleston and called C2C a concha de tu madre before she could be hustled off the stage. Her press officer translated the phrase as "the seashell your mother likes," but the several million South Americans in the U.S. knew it to have a slightly different connotation. — Doug Magee