Beistelltisch Glas Quotes & Sayings

I am myself impressed by the great social advantages of increasing the stock of capital until it ceases to be scarce. — John Maynard Keynes

And that's how we measure out our real respect for people - by the degree of feeling they can register, the voltage of life they can carry and tolerate - and enjoy. End of sermon. As Buddha says: live like a mighty river. And as the old Greeks said: live as though all your ancestors were living again through you. — Ted Hughes

She'd drawn the moment of her death.
No. NO. She'd DRAWN herself to death. — Ilsa J. Bick

It isn't very serious, I have this tiny little tumor on the brain. — J.D. Salinger

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. The LORD said, I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them. — Anonymous

I have wisdom of a 60-year-old. Also it takes a lot for me to respect a person, so when a person has a body of work behind him, it draws my respect. — Rani Mukerji

And I have a message for the liberals and the defenders of the status quo: we're just getting started. — Rick Perry

By the time the civil service has finished drafting a document to give effect to the principle, there may be little of the principle left. — John Reith, 1st Baron Reith

I know I told you to go to hell," I say, "but I'm glad you ignored me."
"Delia, that newspaper story
"
"You know what?" I say, trying to keep my voice from breaking. "Right now, I don't need a journalist. But I sure could use a friend."
He hunches his shoulders. "I have references."
I offer up the smallest smile, a bridge between us. "Actually," I confess, "you're the only one who applied. — Jodi Picoult

Mysticism is like pure science; it has no use. Mysticism is just the human longing to know ... Occult is not science. Occult is just technology. — Jaggi Vasudev

The Abbe de Saint-Pierre suggested an association of all the states of Europe to maintain perpetual peace among themselves. Is this association practicable, and supposing that it were established, would it be likely to last? — Jean-Jacques Rousseau