Althing Quotes & Sayings

Any book is a self-help guide if you can take something from it. — Kevin Smith

Wise Christian worship takes fully into account the fact that creation has gone horribly wrong, has been so corrupted and spoiled that a great fault line runs right down the middle of it ... worship of God as redeemer, the lover and rescuer of the world, must always accompany and complete the worship of God as creator. — N. T. Wright

Half of all kids in public education are below the poverty line. Two-thirds of the achievement gap comes from factors outside of school. Teachers influence about seven to ten percent of what happens in kids' lives. When you think about those statistics, you have to think about how to re-envision education so it's holistic and so we share responsibility. — Randi Weingarten

You can't write a story until you've felt it. Breathed it in. Walked with your characters. Talked with them. That's why you come here. To love your story. — Angelica Banks

Why try to slot fractured families into neat little boxes in this day and age? — Liane Moriarty

To be successful at anything, you need the right to fail, not just occasionally. — Stephen Frears

A man is a slave of everything he does. Some things get rid off easily, some things doesn't. — Bhavik Sarkhedi

You have many qualities that make you as great a man as any other here at the Althing. In the first place, you are as well-born as all those who are descended from Ragnar Hairy-Breeks. — Anonymous

What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife? — Anthony Trollope

My theory. Music can fix anything. Anything. — Asa Butterfield