Bezige Quotes & Sayings

To complete the rout of traditionalists, in America an impression began to arise that the new industrial and acquisitive interests are the conservative interest, that conservatism is simply a political argument in defense of large accumulations of private property, that expansion, centralization, and accumulation are the tenets of conservatives. From this confusion, from the popular belief that Hamilton was the founder of American conservatism, the forces of tradition in the United States never have fully escaped. — Russell Kirk

Americans have a penchant for the future and tend to disregard the past. — Alan Dundes

Nature, it her most dazzling aspects or stupendous parts, is but the background and theatre of the tragedy of man — John Morley

Human creativity is unlimited. It is the capacity of humans to make things happen which didn't happen before. Creativity provides the key to solving our social and economic problems. — Muhammad Yunus

When you are a free and independent writer, without employer, without hours or deadlines, you have to play little games to force yourself into the actual writing. For me, one game is to announce...that I have finally decided on my next book, that I am ready to write it...to put my pride on the line. — Irving Wallace

To play with Zinedine Zidane was the biggest honour I have had in my career — David Beckham

Industrialism is the religion with 'the machine' as the god going to answer all the prayers. Communism and capitalism were just competing sects. — Dora Russell

Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it. — Richard Lamm

It took me several years to figure out who I am and a few more to accept what I discovered. Now, I'm in the enjoyment stage of that process and it's a happy place. — Jolene Blalock

He lost a finger. A finger! Why, I once had a Sherpa who guided me across the Himalayas with his small intestines hanging out of his gut
in winter! — Rick Yancey

If I would've fought Andre Ward in my prime, I would've beat him. — Joe Calzaghe

I hate sequels. They're never as good as the first book. — Connie Willis

Truly speaking, it is not instruction, but provocation, that I can receive from another soul. What he announces, I must find true in me, or reject; and on his word, or as his second, be he who he may, I can accept nothing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood. — Carl Jung

At that moment, Mark looked far younger than his eighteen years. He seemed as vulnerable as I felt. Sometimes, the uniforms of the King's army hid lonely boys, far from home with only the company of rough men who cared little for virtue. Mark was reaching out for worthy friendship, and I would not withdraw my hand. Yes, Mark. We are friends. I know you would never do anything that would dishonor that friendship. — Sarah Holman