Arandia Bus Quotes & Sayings

There are religions in which the representation of the world is banned as an usurpation of the power of a God, creator of all things. It is very possible that photography is a trick of the devil and each shot is a sin. — Joan Fontcuberta

It had a very long pendulum, and the pendulum swung with a slow tick-tock that set his teeth on edge, because it was the the kind of delibrate, annoying ticking that wanted to make it abundantly clear that every tick and every tock was stripping another second off your life. — Terry Pratchett

Boys are given the universe in which to carve out their identities, the promise of infinite space for them to expand into and contract upon. Girls are allowed only enough room to be stars, and they must twinkle, twinkle if they want anyone to pay attention to them. — Clementine Ford

Mix a conviction with a man and ... — Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

That day the U.S. announced that the dollar would be devalued by 10 percent. By switching the yen to a floating exchange rate, the Japanese currency appreciated, and a sufficient realignment in exchange rates was realized. Joint intervention in gold sales to prevent a steep rise in the price of gold, however, was not undertaken. That was a mistake. — Paul Volcker

Balk the enemy's power; force him to reveal himself. — Sun Tzu

I don't think it's always a sign of respect for persons (inside or outside of fiction) to pretend to be able to represent, to have access to, their multi-dimensionality at every moment. That doesn't imply people aren't multi-dimensional. — Ben Lerner

Lucy: You learn more when you lose
Charlie Brown: Well then I must be the smartest person in world!!! — Charles M. Schulz

One felt that the mountains are not completed. The builders are still at work. Stones come rolling and jumping from the upper scaffolding and often from the chasms one hears the thundering as the gods of the mountains change their minds. — J. E. H. MacDonald

Helping Africans navigate the transition to modernity with a huge, wonderful wildlife resource still intact. — Patrick Bergin

The blacks or coloured people are treated more cruel by the white Christans of America than devils themselves ever treated a set of men, women, and children on this earth.
- David Walker 1829 — David L. Walker

You can't be a casual observer of something humorous - you have to engage, you have to find it funny for the relationship between actor and audience to work. — Brendan Coyle

The gifts of genius are far greater than the givers themselves venture to suppose. — Moses Harvey