Annette Powell Quotes & Sayings

The disorientation and reorientation which comes with the initiation into any mystery is the most wonderful experience which is possible to have. — Henry Miller

What we call 'economic growth' is in fact a growth in waste and a decline in the health of natural habitat — Satish Kumar

But man proposes, God disposes. — Sigrid Undset

The aim of a PhD's to ensure that no one, including your advisor, understands what you're doing after the first couple of years. — China Mieville

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. — Blaise Pascal

I have been laid up with intentional flu. — Samuel Goldwyn

Democracy means that when there's a knock in the door at 3 am, it's probably the milkman. — Winston Churchill

For the first time she could see a man's head naked of its skull. Saw the cunning thoughts race in and out through the caves and promontories of his mind long before they darted through the tunnel of his mouth. — Zora Neale Hurston

I am constantly astonished by the people, otherwise intelligent, who think that anything so complex and delicate as a marriage can be left to take care of itself. One sees them fussing about all sorts of lesser concerns, apparently unaware that side by side with them often in the same bed a human creature is perishing from lack of affection, of emotional malnutrition. — Robertson Davies

As the years go on, you see changes in yourself, but you've got to face that - everyone goes through it ... Either you have to face up to it and tell yourself you're not going to be eighteen all your life, or be prepared for a terrible shock when you see the wrinkles and white hair. Getting older doesn't frighten me, but I wish I didn't have to because I like life a lot. — Audrey Hepburn

Democracy is just a word. You have to give it meaning. The US is not a democracy. Most Americans do not vote. We haven't had a real choice for a long, long time now. Wealth rules. Corporations rule. The US is a plutocracy - government by wealthy people. Certain people control multinational corporations. You couldn't get elected in the US without lots of money. — Ramsey Clark

Don't care too much about life, in time you'll learn to know yourself better and better. — Wouter Van Gastel