Churchills International Quotes & Sayings

Mysteries are powerful, Cialdini says, because they create a need for closure. "You've heard of the famous Aha! experience, right?" he says. "Well, the Aha! experience is much more satisfying when it is preceded by the Huh? experience." By creating a mystery, the writer-astronomer made dust interesting. He sustained attention, not just for the span of a punch line but for the span of a twenty-page article dense with information on scientific theories and experimentation. — Chip Heath

The expression of a gentleman's face is not so much that of refinement, as of flexibility, not of sensibility and enthusiasm as of indifference; it argues presence of mind rather than enlargement of ideas. — William Hazlitt

What would you here, unhappy mortal, and for what cause have you left your own land to enter this, which is forbidden to such as you? Can you show reason why my power should not be laid on you in heavy punishment for your insolence and folly?" Then Beren looking up beheld the eyes of Luthien, and his glance went also to the face of Melian; and it seemed to him that words were put into his mouth. Fear left him, and the pride of the eldest house of Men returned to him; and he said: "My fate, O King, led me hither, through perils such as few even of the Elves would dare. And here I have found what I sought not indeed, but finding I would possess for ever. For it is above all gold and silver, and beyond all jewels. Neither rock, nor steel, nor the fires of Morgoth, nor all the powers of the Elf-kingdoms, shall keep from me the treasure that I desire. For Luthien your daughter is the fairest of all the Children of the World." Then silence fell upon the hall ... — J.R.R. Tolkien

It's never too late to be the person you might have been. ~George Eliot — A.J. Warner

Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind. — Nelson Mandela

I'm looking forward to free skiing the most. Just groomers, big wide groomers making nice big turns. — Picabo Street

Once fear enters your life - it will take you in one of two directions: empowerment or panic. — Georges St-Pierre

To create is to relate. We trust in the artist in everybody to make his own connections, his own juxtapositions. — Corita Kent

The only real person you need to know is you. — Alice Cooper

Youth is everywhere in place. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

What it all boils down to for me is having the enthusiasm to do something for enjoyment and being stimulated by what's around you. That's what photography does for me. — Graeme Le Saux

How did this or that change my music? The only time I have to think about it is when an interviewer asks me that. — Klaus Schulze

Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to three questions: (1) Compared to what? (2) At what cost? and (3) What are the hard facts?. — Thomas Sowell