Applaudir Quotes & Sayings

When darkness comes,
stars shine.
When storms come,
plants flourish.
When adversity comes,
champions triumph. — Matshona Dhliwayo

My dream is that all South Africans from all walks of life will have the opportunity to read my books and use the information therein to successfully invest in property — Jason Lee

I'm obsessed with getting married, but I don't even have a boyfriend. — Marlen Esparza

If we proclaim a gospel that doesn't emphasize transformation, we end up with a deficit of clean containers, which consequently creates a shortage of God's manifest presence on the earth. — John Bevere

To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it. — Carl Von Clausewitz

I especially treasured my glimpses of Mother, Queen Cleopatra VII. She sat on a golden throne, looking as resplendent as one of the giant marble statues guarding the tombs of the Old Ones. Diamonds twinkled in a jungle of black braids on her ceremonial wig. She wore a diadem with three rearing snakes and a golden broad collar, shining with lapis lazuli, carnelian, and emeralds, over her golden, form-fitting pleated gown. In one hand, she held a golden ankh of life, while the other clasped the striped crook and flail of her divine rulership. Her stillness radiated power, like a lioness pausing before the pounce. It left me breathless with awe. — Vicky Alvear Shecter

My pleasure was to copy, not to create. — Manuel Puig

Open government is, within limits, an ideal that we all share. U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed it when he took office in January 2009. — Peter Singer

You might hold an ethical position that it's wrong to lie, but if you have plans for a war in Iraq, and you want to keep them secret for practical reasons - to reduce casualties, perhaps - and someone asks you about those plans, you may need to lie for a 'good' outcome. — Peter Singer

No matter how much crap you gotta plow through to stay alive as a photographer, no matter how many bad assignments, bad days, bad clients, snotty subjects, obnoxious handlers, wigged-out art directors, technical disasters, failures of the mind, body, and will, all the shouldas, couldas, and wouldas that befuddle our brains and creep into our dreams, always remember to make room to shoot what you love. It's the only way to keep your heart beating as a photographer. — Joe McNally

Epilogues are for Tolstoy — E. M. Forster

I cannot abide red tape. It never strangles bad ideas, only good ones. — Gillian Anderson