Bilgiyelpazesi Quotes & Sayings

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. — Henry David Thoreau

We do learn something about ourselves when we are up against the wall, and we do most certainly come out stronger. — Tina Sloan

Purim, one of my favorite holidays. It's like the original drag queen's holiday. It's when all the Jewish men go for it and feel no guilt for a change. — Sandra Bernhard

Let's not add projectile vomiting to the list of Awesome Things We Get To Do Today. — Shannon Messenger

Most people say, "Show, don't tell," but I stand by Show and Tell, because when writers put their work out into the world, they're like kids bringing their broken unicorns and chewed-up teddy bears into class in the sad hope that someone else will love them as much as they do. — Colson Whitehead

Picasso said once when being interviewed that one should not be one's own connoisseur. — Kenneth Koch

To practice nonviolence, first of all we must learn to deal peacefully with ourselves. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Martial arts is not for hurting people, it's for protecting people. — Jackie Chan

Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness and perpetuity. Where this is lacking, no man's character is strong; no nation's life can be lasting. — Orson F. Whitney

What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and, therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered, and conducted wars, war criminals? War criminals are not confined to the Axis Powers alone. Roosevelt and Churchill are no less war criminals than Hitler and Mussolini. England, America and Russia have all of them got their hands dyed more or less red - not merely Germany and Japan. — Mahatma Gandhi

Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time. — Anna Funder

Oh, I can never get enough. Which, incidentally, is what your sister said when
— Cassandra Clare