Barbarusa Quotes & Sayings

Critic asks: 'And what, sir, is the subject matter of that painting?' - 'The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the light. — Claude Monet

If you are going to be with someone all the time, they need to be your best friend. — Ashley Greene

Faith may rise into miracles of might, as some few wise men have shown; faith may sink into credulities of weakness, as the mass of fools have witnessed. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

measures like GDP per person give only a rough reflection of the overall level of wellbeing of an individual or a nation. But for sustainable development we are interested in raising human wellbeing, not just in raising income, still less in a mad race for more riches for people who are already rich. Therefore, it is important to ask how we can best measure wellbeing (or life satisfaction) beyond GDP per capita. — Jeffrey D. Sachs

And that was how the people of Miaudacas learned that a queen only stays in power for as long as her subjects are afraid of conflict. — Fredrik Backman

It's a big statement if you use the word 'America' in the title of your poem. — Eileen Myles

Her senior thesis was based on the notion that no one should be allowed to own more land than could be worked in a day, by hand. — Alice Walker

Obstetrics went about improving the same way Toyota and General Electric went about improving: on the fly, but always paying attention to the results and trying to better them. And — Atul Gawande

Government is not being honest with taxpayers when it renews existing tax breaks and calls them new tax cuts. — Jason Chaffetz

Your water is in the bottles, and my water is in the bucket, but we are brothers?
I am collecting garbage, and you are in the bed, but we are sisters?
My fingers are broken, and your hands are so soft, but we are family?
Your God is like an angel, and my God is like an evil, but we are equal?
My stomach is empty, and your stomach is so big, but we are humans? — M.F. Moonzajer