Bordata Quotes & Sayings

When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden. — Livy

I'm not that big a celebrity. I'm just an ordinary person. — Liu Wen

If there is a recurring theme in Garfield's diaries it's this: I'd rather be reading. — Sarah Vowell

If you had all the resources in the world at your disposal to hire anybody you want who would you hire, ordinary unschooled men (Acts 4:13). — Jonah Books

I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career. — Teri Garr

You can't stop people from talking about you, but you can stop giving them something to talk about. — Miley Cyrus

Adversity often produces an unexpected opportunity. Look for it ! Appreciate and utilize it! This is difficult to do if you're feeling sorry for yourself because you're faced with adversity. — John Wooden

I spend a lot of time writing in New York. — Keren Ann

Every day of my life is going out in public and seeing people's lives and listening to stories - all that kind of stuff musically inspires me. — LeAnn Rimes

Not to teach the whole curriculum is to give up on the whole man. — Paul Goodman

George W.Bush can go and kill thousands of Iraqis every day. By making people believe they are the enemy, and not human beings any more. If evil has an address, a nationality, you can exterminate all of them. This is fascism. — Marjane Satrapi

Inevitably, people tell me that poor folks are lazy or unintelligent, that they are somehow deserving of their poverty. However, if you begin to look at the sociological literature on poverty, a more complex picture emerges. Poverty and unemployment are part and parcel of our economic order. Without them, capitalism would cease to function effectively, and in order to continue to function, the system itself must produce poverty and an army of underemployed or unemployed people. — Bob Torres