Andani Draksha Quotes & Sayings

If we are willing, the experience of grief can deepen and widen our ability to participate in life. — John Claypool

The democratic nations that have introduced freedom into their political constitution at the very time when they were augmenting the despotism of their administrative constitution have been led into strange paradoxes. To manage those minor affairs in which good sense is all that is wanted, the people are held to be unequal to the task; but when the government of the country is at stake, the people are invested with immense powers; they are alternately made the play things of their ruler, and his masters, more than kings and less than men. After having exhausted all the different modes of election without finding one to suit their purpose, they are still amazed and still bent on seeking further; as if the evil they notice did not originate in the constitution of the country far more than in that of the electoral body. — Alexis De Tocqueville

Believe it or not, the first spark for everything I've done today came down to me meeting one person in college who changed my life. A student named Anthony Adams who lived across the hall from me in our freshman dorm showed me what it meant to be an 'entrepreneur' when I saw him launch his own start-up company. — Elliott Bisnow

All that means is that I'll be 783 years old when I catch Scotty Bowman. — Kevin Constantine

Death in its natural state can be very beautiful. When you think about a body that's died of natural causes - family taking care of it - all of that is very beautiful. — Caitlin Doughty

What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball. — Bill Shankly

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself. — Dorothy Fields

How many Vietnamese casualties would you estimate that there were during the Vietnam war? The average response on the part of Americans today is about 100,000. The official figure is about two million. The actual figure is probably three to four million. The people who conducted the study raised an appropriate question: What would we think about German political culture if, when you asked people today how many Jews died in the Holocaust, they estimated about 300,000? What would that tell us about German political culture? — Noam Chomsky

No," Marcus says.
"Yes, take it."
"Don't want it."
"Why so difficult, Marc?"
"Who's Marc?"
"You are."
"Yeah? 'Sup, Gid? — Veronica Rossi

Just pity him, my boy. Tomorrow we'll be on our way, but he'll have to keep his own disagreeable company until the day he dies. — Patrick Rothfuss

But still as compared to many, many orchestras in the world, I think you find a lot more new music and living composers on our programs than many other places. — Michael Tilson Thomas

I said in my mind, 'keep fighting.' — Kim Clijsters

Winter horseshoes are equipped with little spikes that give a horse traction on snow and ice and prevent it from slipping. — Saul David

Set within the seed of the soul is not jut a fleeting image or a vague pattern but a lifelong story enfolded within, waiting to be cracked open and lived all the way out. — Michael Meade