Cheif Quotes & Sayings

flaunting the Kohinoor on the Queen Mother's crown in the Tower of London is a powerful reminder of the injustices perpetrated by the former imperial power. Until it is returned - at least as a symbolic gesture of expiation - it will remain evidence of the loot, plunder and misappropriation that colonialism was really all about. Perhaps that is the best argument for leaving the Kohinoor where it emphatically does not belong - in British hands. — Shashi Tharoor

You can't invent Google, Facebook or the iPod unless you've mastered the basics, are willing to put in long hours and can pick yourself up from the floor when life knocks you down the first 10 times. — Amy Chua

I'm not into having a pedigree dog. — Agnes Obel

I've always been interested in the intersection between our rational and our unconscious lives. — Kathryn Harrison

I have felt for the last 10 years I have had this battle; I've been fighting so hard to have an education. It's been this uphill struggle. I was Warner Bros' pain in the butt. I was their scheduling conflict. I was the one who made life difficult. — Emma Watson

How many there are who still say, 'I want to see His shape, His image, His clothing, His sandals.' Behold, you do see Him, you touch Him, you eat Him! You want to see His clothing. He gives Himself to you, not just to be seen but to be touched, to be eaten, to be received within ... Let all of you be ardent, fervent, enthusiastic. If the Jews stood, shoes on, staff in hand, and eating in haste, how much more vigilant should you be. They were about to go to Palestine; ... you are about to go to heaven. — Saint John Chrysostom

Let most men have a finger and they will have the whole hand before you know. Let a clan cheif have a finger and he will have the entire arm. — Robert Jordan

Attending to your own words and ideas as well as those of others is an admirable trait in any person, but a necessity in a leader. — Jennifer Frick-Ruppert

We have to get rid of excuses, no matter why you are the way you are,
don't let it be an excuse to stay that way. — Joyce Meyer