Ceija Stojka Quotes & Sayings

I want to convince you that these kinds of personal explanations of success don't work. People don't rise from nothing ... It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't. — Malcolm Gladwell

Time is not a solid, linear thing, no matter how much man tries to pretend it is. Time has humored us, much like a parent does a child, bending this way and that, to make us think we have the upper hand, but make no mistake: we do not. There are levels and dimensions of time, unimaginable twists and nooks that our punny brains cannot even begin to understand. — Amy S. Foster

Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down. — Francis J. Grimke

Positive mindset, positive self-image and positive attitude are the best-habits to nurture. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I don't think people like to read about themselves or about others as they really are. It would be too horrifying. — James Jones

The deceitful misquoting of scientists to suit an anti-scientific agenda ranks among the many unchristian habits of fundamentalist authors. — Richard Dawkins

Every time I went to the library, it felt like a treasure hunt: somewhere amid those dusty books was the answer, and all I had to do was find it. — Jean M. Twenge

I know that when I grew up I was pretty sheltered, and didn't come to understand much about the world until I was in my really late teens and early twenties, and that process continues. — Ryan Phillippe

A handful of red sand from the hot clime
Of Arab deserts brought,
Within this glass becomes the spy of Time,
The minister of Thought. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Everyone was supposed to love Emperor Palpatine. Everyone said he was the bravest, most intelligent person in the galaxy, that he was the one who had brought order after the chaos of the Clone Wars. — Claudia Gray

When it is fairly quiet we can hear the transports behind the enemy lines rolling ceaselessly until dawn. Kat says that they do not go back but are bringing up troops - troops, munitions, and guns. — Erich Maria Remarque

Personal abuse is no substitute for policy. It signals panic. — Margaret Thatcher

All her hopes of a future have been torn away from her again
and having those hopes, even briefly, makes this far more painful than not having had them at all. — Neal Shusterman