Aliette Carolan Quotes & Sayings

It doesn't take a declaration, or an invasion, to start a war, all it takes is an 'us' and a 'them.' And a spark. — Ada Palmer

Who that has ever visited the borders of this classic sea, has not felt at the first sight of its waters a glow of reverent rapture akin to devotion, and an instinctive sensation of thanksgiving at being permitted to stand before these hallowed waves? All that concerns the Mediterranean is of the deepest interest to civilized man, for the history of its progress is the history of the development of the world; the memory of the great men who have lived and died around its banks; the recollection of the undying works that have come thence to delight us for ever; the story of patient research and brilliant discoveries connected with every physical phenomenon presented by its waves and currents, and with every order of creatures dwelling in and around its waters. The science of the Mediterranean is the epitome of the science of the world. — Edward Forbes

In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds. — David Blaine

I've always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position. — Pat Conroy

I'm sorry," she said. "You're right. It's not enough. Not anymore. — Jay McLean

I am not strong because I can force others to do what I wish as a result of my play with them, but because I can allow them to do what they wish in the course of my play with them. 30 — James P. Carse

I am made of words. Cut me & I bleed sentences. Read me, & I speak to your soul. — Chloe Thurlow

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself. — W. Somerset Maugham

Discomfort it temporary. A photo is forever. — Kipling Swehla

With the early Christians you couldn't have God as your father unless you have the church as your mother. This isn't accepting the church as a perfect thing. — Shane Claiborne

Having been blacklisted from working in television during the McCarthy era, I know the harm of government using private corporations to intrude into the lives of innocent Americans. When government uses the telephone companies to create massive databases of all our phone calls it has gone too far. — Studs Terkel

You see, for me a painting is a dramatic action in the course of which the reality finds itself split apart. For me, that dramatic action takes precedence over all other considerations. The pure plastic act is only secondary as far as I'm concerned. What counts is the drama of that plastic art, the moment at which the universe comes out of itself and meets its own destruction. — Francoise Gilot

We need to learn to see opportunities and blessings everywhere every day. — Sunday Adelaja

Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make. — Jane Fonda

How good it is for us when the Lord unsettles our lukewarm and superficial lives. — Pope Francis