Academische Kalender Quotes & Sayings

Never underestimate the power of a scented candle! declared a sign beneath a display of coloured candles.
Yes, I thought. Buy two and invade Russia! — Alice Pung

When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on. — Doris Roberts

Daemon," a voice whispered from the shadows of my front porch. "What in the world are you doing out here?" Debating on whether or not burning down a house next time they head to the store is a reasonable response to getting new neighbors? Yeah, I was gonna keep that one to myself. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

For the first time in maybe my whole life, I feel dangerous and magical, like a dragon or a mermaid. A fury, standing there with my half-gone grape slush and my jaw clenched, ready for whatever comes next. — Brenna Yovanoff

At 23 years old, I came into politics as a dragon slayer. At 63 years old, I'm going out as a dragon. — Aaron Broussard

So far from science being irreligious, as many think, it is the neglect of science that is irreligious-it is the refusal to study the surrounding creation that is irreligious. — Herbert Spencer

The most and best of us depend on others; we have to live either among friends or among enemies. — Baltasar Gracian

For the oath taken by the members of the S.S. differed from the military oath sworn by the soldiers in that it bound them only to Hitler, not to Germany. — Hannah Arendt

Oh, no, I'm not saying she isn't a nut
she is
but I've noticed before that sometimes someone like that behaves quite ordinarily with everybody, manages everything, you'd never think she was a nut, but there's just one person, with that person, she's out of control. It makes you wonder,' said Alice. — Doris Lessing

There's plenty that poetry cannot do, but the miracle, of course, is how much it can do, how much it does do. — Mary Szybist

I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up. — Jenny Eclair

Human rights means protecting another's freedom, seeing that the other person is also like oneself. Human rights is giving others security, letting them live. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar