Bartfeld Czechoslovakia Quotes & Sayings

In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me. — Maya Angelou

The tyrant is nothing but a slave turned inside out. — Herbert Spencer

The pastoral labours of the archbishop of Constantinople provoked and gradually united against him two sorts of enemies; the aspiring clergy, who envied his success, and the obstinate sinners, who were offended by his reproofs. When Chrysostom thundered from the pulpit of St. Sophia against the degeneracy of the Christians, his shafts were spent among the crowd, without wounding or even marking the character of any individual. — Edward Gibbon

It is better to win the peace and to lose the war. — Bob Marley

The only thing my old man ever gave me was a beating. — Sonny Liston

I think the best people, the ones who have reached the highest plateaus as human beings, are those who have known a great deal of adversity and have dealt with it and then moved ahead. — Robin Gerber

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons. — Desmond Tutu

During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively. — Brian Koslow

The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge. — Albert Einstein

I was so unhealthy as a child, and at least three or four times my parents were told to get ready, that I would not make it. — Patti Smith

Just short of my 40th birthday, I told my wife, Beth, I was going to build us a little weekend place in ... well, in the uh, Southern Hemisphere. The deep Southern Hemisphere, actually. New Zealand, maybe. Or Argentina. Possibly Chile. She suggested medication. — Patrick Symmes

I'm not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other. — Russell Simmons

What exactly did you expect me to do? I told The Boss what you said, but he's not going to budge. Nobody gets dental. — H.D. Smith