Antjie Cranmer Quotes & Sayings

Some foolish people must have a tragedy, for they cannot believe in happy endings — Isobelle Carmody

Disputants often fare poorly when they each act greedily and deceptively. — Howard Raiffa

I'm looking at [my daughter] right now. To think that I am her dad is the greatest honor in the world. She's an amazing kid. We have a great relationship and she is one of my closest friends. I seek her advice. I like to know what she thinks about things, and she's helped me through some really tough times. I just look forward to years of developing that relationship. — Harry Connick Jr.

The talent for discovering the unique and marketable characteristics of a product and service is a designer's most valuable asset. — Primo Angeli

If we consider the manner in which those who assume the office of directing the conduct of others execute their undertaking, it will not be very wonderful that their labours, however zealous or affectionate, are frequently useless. For what is the advice that is commonly given? A few general maxims, enforced with vehemence, and inculcated with importunity, but failing for want of particular reference and immediate application. — Samuel Johnson

When I was a young reporter, the great vice among journalists was whiskey. Today, it's cynicism. — Paul Simon

Art arises from sources other than logic." (p.32) — Milan Kundera

Water covers two-thirds of the Earth. I cover the rest. — Deion Sanders

Longevity is not whether or not you break, it is how well you recover and repair when you do. — Mehmet C. Oz

Music lives and breathes to tell us who we are and what we face. It is a path between ourselves and the infinite. — Yehudi Menuhin

He studied the composition of food-stuffs, and knew exactly how many proteids and carbohydrates his body needed; and by scientific chewing he said that he tripled the value of all he ate, so that it cost him eleven cents a day. About the first of July he would leave Chicago for his vacation, on foot; and when he struck the harvest fields he would set to work for two dollars and a half a day, and come home when he had another year's supply - a hundred and twenty-five dollars. That was the nearest approach to independence a man could make "under capitalism," he explained; he would never marry, for no sane man would allow himself to fall in love until after the revolution. — Upton Sinclair

Educators are aware that they can reach the youth only by making use of gang spirit and guiding it, not by working against it. — Johan Huizinga

The covetous man feareth not God. This also is plain from the word because it setteth covetousness and the fear of God in direct opposition. Men that fear God are said to hate covetousness, Exod. xviii. 21. Besides the covetous man is called an idolater and is said to have no part in the kingdom of Christ and of God, Col. iii. 5. And again; 'The wicked boasteth of his heart's desire and blesseth the covetous whom the Lord abhorreth,' Psa. x. 3. — John Bunyan

X-sacred, X-love. — Lailah Gifty Akita