Balkanac Quotes & Sayings

The biggest threat to this country isn't the Russians. It's our own inability to make democracy or capitalism work. — Phil Donahue

Money is only unused power. The real purpose of wealth, after food, clothing and shelter, is philanthropy. — Leon Levy

No one knows for sure about the future. But if you feel reluctant to plan something about it, then someone with guts would define it for you. — Toba Beta

That was back when all of us were students at Jefferson Elementary, and our quirks and strange rough edges hadn't fully formed yet — Jennifer Mathieu

Send that," he told her. "Sign it, et cetera. Work the sentences, if you wish, so that they will mean something." As she started from the office he added, "Or so that they mean nothing. Whichever you prefer. — Philip K. Dick

Our government disdains a risk-reward game that millions of Americans play," Matt wrote, "then bails out Wall Street sharks who bet unfathomable sums. I can only conclude that this contradictory stance has little to do with the skills required for each pursuit. No, for some reason, lawmakers just don't like poker. — Colson Whitehead

Despite all the labels, in most ways I'm really not different from anyone else. I guess if you had to label me, you could say I'm like the girl next door. I'm like the girl a few doors down. — Ellen DeGeneres

There is no God dare wrong a worm. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I think my biggest problem, though, at least in drafts, is not repeating myself. After eight books I get worried that a character or piece of dialog might be too much like something I've already done. So it's a challenge to keep it fresh. — Sarah Dessen

Every time somebody ever told you that you weren't gonna amount to anything, you know, that's your time to shine, you know? You can show everybody and prove to yourself what you're doing is real and that it counts and that it makes a difference. — Frank Iero

Of course you'll encounter trouble. But behold a God of power who can take any evil and turn it into a door of hope. — Catherine Marshall

Because sometimes longshots came in. Both for good and for ill. — Stephen King

Oh, the transition concerns me because as we move towards an important political event, it's clear to me that the terrorists and insurgents will move as hard as they can to disrupt this process. — John Abizaid

When a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can. Whether this happens because they stay so long and attend their work so diligently that they forget the faces and persons, which they first sat down with, or whatever it is, they seldom rise from the toilet the same woman they appeared when they began to dress — Joseph Addison