Civitatem Quotes & Sayings

A thought come in my mind, have the people of Gujarat elected me to adorn my home? NO ... if I want to adorn something. It will not be my home. It will be my Gujarat. — Narendra Modi

These were "fossil behaviors," Darwinian vestiges of earlier times brought out of physiological limbo by the stimulation of primitive brain-stem systems, damaged and sensitized by the encephalitis in the first place, and now "awakened" by L-dopa.1 I — Oliver Sacks

Talking to a shrink was out of the question, of course; I would frighten the poor thing to death, and he might feel honor bound to have me locked away somewhere. Certainly I could not argue with the wisdom of that idea. — Jeff Lindsay

I'm very lucky because I don't half get some juicy jobs. But I can't tell you the number I've turned down in the past 20 years because I wanted to be at home, looking after my son. There was never any question about that. Alfie and I are dead close. I can't bear it when he's away. — Lesley Manville

The theme of exile is attractive to me, because it's sort of like the family business. Not just music, but travel. — Elvis Costello

The writer gleans wind scraps; he listens wherever he can. Each day is full of instances; what counts, as with all stimuli, is the sympathetic response. — Nicholas Delbanco

Conditions are ripe for triumph. We will win. And we will wield great power here. — Daniel Ortega