Amyas Preston Quotes & Sayings

A nation is not defined by its borders or the boundaries of its land mass Rather, a nation is defined by adverse people who have been unified by a cause and a value system and who are committed to a vision for the type of society they wish to live in and give to the future generations to come. — Fela Durotoye

One of my strongest memories is my father playing bongos in the living room in Detroit listening to Motown radio. He was this skinny white bald guy, but he was really moved by blues and Motown and funk. — Sufjan Stevens

Pascal meditated upon outer space, but we need only turn our thoughts inward to feel his dread. Inside every one of our skulls lies an organ so vast in its complexity that it might as well be infinite. — Sebastian Seung

The ruling classes use broken and smashed up childhoods as weaponised instruments of domination around the world. This is why the government has no incentive to end child abuse; because the government needs abuse victims as enforcers. — Stefan Molyneux

In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn. — Nathaniel Branden

I'm trying to protect what I advertise. That's my stance on any kind of self-expression. — David Duchovny

I think to have done 'Titanic' would have been a tortuous experience altogether. I feel good about where my life is, now. I feel free and joyous and happy and more liberated than I have ever been. — Fay Wray

I found out that I couldn't have a nervous breakdown. I tried a couple of times, but it just didn't work out. My mind, my body wouldn't let me. — Tom Smothers

No, Ashok. Love is not a tap. It flows and flows like blood from a wound, and you can die of it. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

If you know your game, you can handle pressure; you can handle any kind of situation, back yourself, and play your own game and get success. — Virender Sehwag

Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

We empower ourselves every time we accept responsibility for choosing the thoughts and feelings we act on. — Karan Casey

One night I did hear a material car there, and saw its lights stop at his front steps. But I didn't investigate. Probably it was some final guest who had been away at the ends of the earth and didn't know that the party was over. — F Scott Fitzgerald