Ancestro Del Quotes & Sayings

A genial and cultured Arab, Ameen Rihani, whose English is perfect and whose eloquence is astounding. He will discuss with equal eagerness and knowledge the merits of Picasso or Van Gogh, or the Zionist question, or the British achievements in Arabia. — Kenneth Williams

I feel the written word, poetry and literature is just one of the most beautiful things that human beings do. So we have to fight for it. — Helen Mirren

Nature eventually has her own way, so perhaps the best procedure is to accept what old Mother Nature or God, if you will, dictates. Accept it and you'll get along better. — Cary Grant

When things get bad, you create a perceived enemy, especially when there is resounding endorsement from all quarters. — Namita Devidayal

But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is to be regarded as the law of nature. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

What makes America unique is not that it built MIT, or that its grads are generating economic growth and innovation, but that every state in the country has universities trying to do the same. "America has 4,000 colleges and universities," said Allan E. Goodman, president of the Institute of International Education. "The rest of the world combined has 7,768 institutions of higher education. — Thomas L. Friedman

Watching people you love walk into danger is a hundred times harder than walking into it yourself. — Rysa Walker

The climate system is being pushed hard enough that change will become obvious to the man in the street in the next decade. — James Hansen

Again, when we view a scene fleetingly, do we consciously see all the details even though we don't retain them, or do we not see them in the first place? Neurological information is crucial to deciding these questions. After all, they are so interesting precisely because unaided introspection cannot resolve them. Rather we need to know what is going on in the brain activities that constitute visual awareness. — David Papineau

When people see some things as beautiful,
other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good,
other things become bad. — Lao-Tzu

"How does one grow up?" I asked a friend. She answered, "By thinking!" — May Sarton

The Italians ... you can't find one who is honest. — Richard M. Nixon

The more story-appeal there is in the picture or in the photograph, the more people would look at your ad — David Ogilvy