Aleksis Quotes & Sayings

Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil, and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder. — Pope Benedict XVI

Religions do make claims about the universe
the same kinds of claims that scientists make, except they're usually false. — Richard Dawkins

David Bentley has got balls - and plenty of them — Harry Redknapp

The love goes where it wants; you hear it rustling but you do not know where it's going and where it goes. — Aleksis Kivi

Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them. — Woodrow Wilson

If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already. — Abraham Lincoln

Our distrust justifies the deceit of others. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

To fall asleep in your embrace,Land of our dreams, what bliss,O you our cradle, you our grave,You the new hope we ever crave,Peninsula so beautiful,Finland for aye our all! — Aleksis Kivi

It is not easy to wash off the shame when it has already been glued to a person. — Aleksis Kivi

I want to be remembered like Pete Rose. 'Charlie Hustle.' I want people to say, 'Wherever he was, he was always giving it his all.' — Walter Payton

A strong desire derives a person straight through the hardest rock. — Aleksis Kivi

There are joys so complete, so all perfect, that one should not survive them. — Isadora Duncan

Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt kept an evening school in the village; that is to say, she was a ridiculous old woman of limited means and unlimited infirmity, who used to go to sleep from six to seven every evening, in the society of youth who paid two pence per week each, for the improving opportunity of seeing her do it. — Charles Dickens

At a certain point, it's your ability to learn quickly and contribute quickly that matters. — Sheryl Sandberg

The word 'operatic' is often misused to mean over the top, where someone is over-emoting. And that does a terrible disservice because 'operatic' to me means a commitment and a belief to the emotion of the moment that is sincere. — James Gray

Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very bad indeed. — Mark Haddon

On the off chance that you have children, don't clean up at all. As children, my brother and sister and I loved waking up early and playing cocktail party with the leftover debris — Amy Sedaris

The fire of love is drawn from the sky rather than the human mind. — Aleksis Kivi

Often the most painful rains, grows the most beautiful flowers — Alok Jagawat

A man perfect to the finger tips. — Horace