Alting Kan Quotes & Sayings

[To the cultures of Asia and the continent of Africa] it is the Western impact which has stirred up the winds of change and set the processes of modernization in motion. Education brought not only the idea of equality but also another belief which we used to take for granted in the West-the idea of progress, the idea that science and technology can be used to better human conditions. In ancient society, men tended to believe themselves fortunate if tomorrow was not worse than today and anyway, there was little they could do about it. — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson Of Lodsworth

'In Memoriam' has been my companion for all my grownup life. — A. N. Wilson

You're not supposed to risk your life just for the physical safety of American citizens - you're supposed to risk your life for American ideals as well. — Phil Klay

I'll watch a movie only if it meets the following criteria: 1. It has to have at least two women in it. 2. Who talk to each other. 3. About something besides a man. — Alison Bechdel

Like you, the dead enjoy watching conflict. Schadenfreude thrills them, as do music and spectacle and loss. With the right mix, you can get a whole lot of them to watch you all the time. Faye — Charles Tan

Civilization ... is another word for respect for life. One can't have too much respect for a loveliness that's brittle as spun glass. — Elizabeth Goudge

We have all met people that act 'old' or think a number makes them old, and I truly don't believe that is the case. If you have a good attitude toward aging, and you do what you can to live healthy and take care of yourself, I don't think the number matters. — Tabatha Coffey

The audience will only truly respect you when they have no idea what is going on. — Nelson Rodrigues

I intend to judge things for myself; to judge wrongly, I think, is more honorable than not to judge at all. — Henry James