Alencar Pereira Quotes & Sayings

Gratitude is thankfulness expressed in action. — William George Jordan

The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride. — Claudius Claudianus

At their worst, message boards can subject you to mindless braying or outright stock scams. But at their best, they provide meaty insights on just about every stock imaginable. — Gary Weiss

We Latinos are in a growing stage in the NBA. It's all part of the international basketball boom. — Manu Ginobili

What we're also looking at, if we do not transform our energy system, is more international war and conflict as countries fight over limited natural resources, including water and land to grow their crops. — Bernie Sanders

The innocent should never have to suffer from the battles of others. (Valerius) I know, but it seems to always be the case. (Acheron) A furore infra, libera nos - spare us from the fury within. (Valerius) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Preaching vs Teaching:
The difference between preaching and teaching: one makes you feel good, the other makes you grow. — T.F. Hodge

I wish that in order to secure his party's nomination, a presidential candidate would be required to point at the sky and name all the stars; have the periodic table of the elements memorized; rattle off the kings and queens of Spain; define the significance of the Gatling gun; joke around in Latin; interpret the symbolism in seventeenth-century Dutch painting; explain photosynthesis to a six-year-old; recite Emily Dickenson; bake a perfect popover; build a shortwave radio out of a coconut; and know all the words to Hoagy Carmichael's "Two Sleepy People", Johnny Cash's "Five Feet High and Rising", and "You Got the Silver" by the Rolling Stones ... What we need is a president who is at least twelve kinds of nerd, a nerd messiah to come along every four years, acquire the Secret Service code name Poindexter, install a Revenge of the Nerds screen saver on the Oval Office computer, and one by one decrypt our woes. — Sarah Vowell

There's always that tiny piece of hope that this day - your day - will be the one to turn out differently. — Jennifer E. Smith