Bamberski Dwor Quotes & Sayings

Sports is like a war without the killing. — Ted Turner

The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed. — George Orwell

A society is only as free as its most oppressed and afflicted members. — Silvia Tennenbaum

What has the women's movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro's candidacy for vice president? Never get married. — Gloria Steinem

For me - showing a half-finished manuscript is tricky. Just as a bird will get spooked and abandon her eggs if some outside party comes around and makes too much noise or pokes around the nest too intrusively - well, that's what it's like for me if I show work too early and I get a lot of editorial suggestions at the wrong time. — Donna Tartt

This explains so much," she said, clucking her tongue in mother-hen fashion. "You're compensating for this withered appendage."
Withered appendage? What the devil was she talking about? He shook his head, trying to clear it. Colin's dire predictions of shriveled twigs and dried currants rattled in his skull. Wide awake now, he fought to sit up, wrestling the sheets.
"Listen, you. I don't know what sort of liberties you've taken while I was insensible, or just what your spinster imagination prepared you to see. But I'll have you know, that water was damned cold."
She blinked at him. "I'm referring to your leg."
"Oh." His leg. That withered appendage — Tessa Dare

Scholars of religion refer to the current metamorphosis in religiousness with phrases like the "move to horizontal transcendence" or the "turn to the immanent." But it would be more accurate to think of it as the rediscovery of the sacred in the immanent, the spiritual within the secular. — Harvey Cox

My wealth is very limited. I need to influence other people to give. — Chen Guangbiao

It is humiliating to realize that when you drive yourself underground, when you fake who you are, often you do so for people you do not even like or respect. — Nathaniel Branden

What is the reason that women servants ... have much lower wages than men servants ... when in fact our female house servants work much harder than the male? — Samuel Johnson

One of the great opportunities you have as a leader is to help your people find meaning, contribute to a social purpose, and experience healthy interpersonal relationships at work. The challenge is that exploring healthy interpersonal relationships in the workplace has been discouraged or even forbidden. Regrettably, beliefs such as "It's not personal; it's just business" diminish an aspect of work that is essential to our healthy functioning as human beings - the quality of our relationships. — Susan Fowler

It is of unspeakable advantage to possess our minds with an habitual good intention, and to aim all our thoughts, words, and actions at some laudable end. — Joseph Addison

Growing up means :propelling yourself forward into whatever lies ahead, one turn of the wheel at a time. — Sarah Dessen

I can do more good outside of prison ... This country is worth dying for. — Edward Snowden