Birkenbihl Vera Quotes & Sayings

Eyes so black they seem all pupils. — Suzanne Collins

From the prophets' dreams of the time when nations would beat their swords into plowshares to today's aspirations of a nuclear-weapons-free world, we have sought to avoid armed conflict and not yield to despair in the search for universal peace. The nuclear threats from Iran, North Korea, and terrorists can only be overcome through international cooperation. We call upon Congressional leaders and those worldwide to join together to ensure the fulfillment of these long-overdue initiatives and the achievement of a safer future without nuclear weapons. — David Saperstein

Academic stress-related pre-birth suicides — Alan Moore

A mutually fulfilled sexual union between two people is the rarest sensation which life can provide. But it is not quite real. It stops when the telephone rings. Such a passion can be kept at its early strength only by adding to it either more and more unhappiness (jealousy, separation, doubt, renunciation), or more and more artificiality (drink, technique, stage-illusions). Whoever has missed this has never lived, who lives for it alone is but partly alive. — Cyril Connolly

He crouched at the car window and looked in. 'What a lovely family you have. What a charming family. They're all lovely. Except for that one.' His finger jabbed the glass. 'That one's a bit ugly. — Derek Landy

The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble ... We want to buy them when they're on the operating table. — Warren Buffett

Luck is knowing to look around him and see where his friends are, because it was through their words that the angels were able to make themselves heard. — Paulo Coelho

He was supposed to record in the studio this afternoon, and pow - he gets shot. This fuckin' album is cursed, I tell you. — Olivia Cunning

Must we wait for selection to solve the problems of overpopulation, exhaustion of resources, pollution of the environment and a nuclear holocaust, or can we take explicit steps to make our future more secure? In the latter case, must we not transcend selection? — B.F. Skinner

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely. — Napoleon Bonaparte