Almaktub Quotes & Sayings

There are few treasures of more lasting worth than the experiences of a way of life that is in itself wholly satisfying. Such, after all, are the only possessions of which no fate, no cosmic catastrophe can deprive us; nothing can alter the fact if for one moment in eternity we have really lived. — Eric Shipton

In Gadsden County, Florida, for example, students were required to take a total of 242 standardized exams between kindergarten and their high school graduation day, according to a recent study by the conservative Foundation for Excellence in Education. — Anonymous

Now then, Mr. Crab," said the zebra, "here are the people I told you about; and they know more than you do, who live in a pool, and more than I do, who live in a forest. For they have been travelers all over the world, and know every part of it."
"There's more of the world than Oz," declared the crab, in a stubborn voice.
"That is true," said Dorothy; "but I used to live in Kansas, in the United States, and I've been to California and to Australia
and so has Uncle Henry."
"For my part," added the Shaggy Man, "I've been to Mexico and Boston and many other foreign countries."
"And I," said the Wizard, "have been to Europe and Ireland."
"So you see," continued the zebra, addressing the crab, "here are people of real consequence, who know what they are talking about. — L. Frank Baum

Knowledge is so often the antidote to fear. But not here. Not now. — Joe Abercrombie

Paradoxically, it is the uncommon event that may best demonstrate the common predicament of our race. — Thomas Ligotti

If you listen carefully to what a child is saying to you, you'll see that he has a point to make. So I listen. And I answer them just as seriously as possible. And if I don't know the answer, I'll tell them I don't know. — Bill Cosby

I am a little bored. But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. — John Tillotson

Am I really a person who lives by faith? God can surely tell the difference between someone who walks in darkness and someone who walks with her eyes shut. Which am I? — Mark Salzman

We wander, question. But the answer waits in each separate heart - the answer of our own identity and the way by which we can master loneliness and feel that at last we belong. — Carson McCullers

Whatever may be God's future, we cannot forget His past. — William Hurrell Mallock

There once lived a family that had three sons. The oldest one was called Ram, the middle one Goat, and the youngest brother was named Phillip. — Ace G. Pilkington

It's not evil, Rand. I know something evil when I smell it. This isn't evil, it's just incredibly stupid. — Robert Jordan

Sometimes it is extremely good for you to forget that there is anything in the world which needs to be done, and to do some particular thing that you want to do. Every human being needs a certain amount of time in which he can be peaceful. — Eleanor Roosevelt