Algemeiner Quotes & Sayings

Long periods of recession, which tend to be self-perpetuating, are usually ended by war, or by preparations for it. — Paul Johnson

No man ever became extremely wicked all at once. — Juvenal

Since I worked with Danny Boyle before on Slumdog Millionaire, we have great success and everything. So, when I first got the script and the screenplay of Simon (Beaufoy) and I was reading it, even before the shoot, some kind of sounds came into my mind and I put some stuff [down] and sent it to Danny when he was cutting the movie. — A.R. Rahman

If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community. — Greg Mortenson

I was afraid the fire would not be hot enough for me to distinguish myself. — Stonewall Jackson

Only idiots will be able to attain happiness in life! — Nana Haruta

My main contribution was to demolish the myths that India couldn't economically afford nuclear weapons. Of course I made these political arguments too, but the main contribution I made was a study of the cost of acquiring a credible deterrent, and show that it was within the budget of India, and it would not be an unbearable burden. — Subramanian Swamy

The sudden noise through the headphones is disconcerting - a massive, evil-sounding slab of guitar, seemingly played with the sole intention of terrifying anyone who hasn't yet lived through a roughly equivalent sonic experience, such as riding their tricycle under a malfunctioning cement mixer full of dying children. — Caitlin Moran

When we learn how to become resilient, we learn how to embrace the beautifully broad spectrum of the human experience. — Jaeda DeWalt

The gods of Djelibeybi In the river kingdom of Djelibeybi, the national religion — Terry Pratchett

Zane moaned nonstop, the stimulation coming from every possible direction. He dug his fingernails into Ty's thighs. He was going to come, and he was going to do it down Ty's throat. He wanted nothing more than for Ty to do the same to him. Ty's — Abigail Roux

Let whatever is going to happen to me happen. I'm expecting the worst for myself and I'm resigned to it. — Alexander Dubcek