Acquirers Podcast Quotes & Sayings

Can it be, husband, you still fear the mist's fading, never mind the promise I made you? — Kazuo Ishiguro

I am a democrat [proponent of democracy] because I believe in the Fall of Man.
I think most people are democrats for the opposite reason. A great deal of democratic enthusiasm descends from the ideas of people like Rousseau, who believed in democracy because they thought mankind so wise and good that every one deserved a share in the government.
The danger of defending democracy on those grounds is that they're not true ... I find that they're not true without looking further than myself. I don't deserve a share in governing a hen-roost. Much less a nation ...
The real reason for democracy is just the reverse. Mankind is so fallen that no man can be trusted with unchecked power over his fellows. Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters. — C.S. Lewis

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. — Napoleon Bonaparte

What I would say is governments need assistance to run their organisations more efficiently just like businesses do. — Andrew Forrest

Grace does not make sin safe. Grace does make sinners safe. — Matt Chandler

Anyone who attempts to build great things will face challenges. — Jon Gordon

You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it. — Gael Garcia Bernal

How fleeting the sorrows of youth, how slight the foundations on which the young build towers of despair — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This quality becomes important at a time when almost everyone is a poet. And as I said, we live in an age where almost everybody is a poet, but scarcely anyone can write a poem. — Clive James

Birmingham was a dirty industrial city, and from the plane it had a delicate rose-pink aura of pollution, like the chiffon scarf around the neck of an old prostitute. — Ken Follett

The most complete and true happiness comes in moments when you feel right there, completely present, with no ideas about good and bad, right and wrong - just a sense of open heart and open mind. — Pema Chodron

To me, the lyrics of the song define the kind of style it is. — Elizabeth McGovern

My ideal setting is I walk from the streets, backstage, and straight onto the stage. Two minutes, and I am on the stage. That way, in my head I have gone from my world and then into a social setting with my friends. — Trevor Noah