Beinecke Family Quotes & Sayings

And what's strange, what would be marvelous, is not that God should really exist; the marvel is that such an idea, the idea of the necessity of God, could enter the head of such a savage, vicious beast as man. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I want Canada to be the country that is the best in the world at combining economic growth, social justice and environmental sustainability ... — Stephane Dion

There are no good saves, there are only weak shots. — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

No one ever truly arrives! We just nudge each other along muddy ruts of suffering, occasionally peeking over the edges of our ruts in search of a better way... — Anya Ulinich

My general view is that best actor best suited to role should get the job. Obviously when it comes to colour and issues of ethnicity the choice is clear. But I do not believe you have to be transgender or have undergone sex reassignment surgery to be able play a character who has.Acting is acting after all. — Stephen Fry

Someone sitting on a completely unreasonable belief is sitting on a time bomb. The apparently harmless, idiosyncratic belief of the Catholic Church that one thing may have the substance of another, although it displays absolutely none of its empirical qualities, prepares people for the view that some people are agents of Satan in disguise, which in turn makes it reasonable to destroy them. — Simon Blackburn

When someone wants something, they must know why they are fighting. This is the only reason to seek a reward. — Paulo Coelho