Blandina Cardenas Quotes & Sayings

If politics is like show business, then the idea is not to pursue excellence, clarity or honesty but to appear as if you are, which is another matter altogether. — Neil Postman

But these aren't just stories," she'd said. "They're whole kingdoms. They're worlds. They're perspectives and opinions you can't offer, from lives you haven't lived. They're more valuable than any gold coin, and more important than any state luncheon. I should hope you, as king, would know that! — Melissa De La Cruz

Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization. — Shirin Ebadi

It is no accident that on the whole there was more beauty and decency to be found in the life of the small peoples, and that among the large ones there was more happiness and content in proportion as they had avoided the deadly blight of centralization. — Friedrich August Von Hayek

It is very difficult to tell the truth, and young people are rarely capable of it. His — Leo Tolstoy

Some people never learn how to talk to kids. They turn up the volume and enunciate with extra care, as if talking to a partially deaf immigrant. They sound as if they're reading lines somebody else wrote for them, or as if what they're saying is really for the benefit of other adults listening and not just for the child. Kids sense that and turn off. — F. Paul Wilson

You can't tie a rope around the ice sheet. You can't build a wall around the ice sheets. — James Hansen