Clorinda Quotes & Sayings

My work stops at publication. If the books don't contain in themselves their reasons for being - questions and answers - it means I was wrong to have them published. — Elena Ferrante

the "hummingbird effect." An innovation, or cluster of innovations, in one field ends up triggering changes that seem to belong to a different domain altogether. — Steven Johnson

What is your name?"
"Again sir, that is no concern of yours."
"A mystery," he said. "I shall have to call you Clorinda."
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"Judith! What the devil? exclaimed Peregrine. "Has there been an accident?"
"Judith," repeated the gentleman of the curricle pensively. "I prefer Clorinda. — Georgette Heyer

When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion. — Carl Sagan

In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever. — Niklaus Wirth

the fire burns up.' So they stood before the fire, waiting: Clennam with his arm about her waist, and the fire shining, — Charles Dickens

Calling connects with passion. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I went to high school with girls that would daydream about what strip club they wanted to work at. That's one of the sad things about Vegas. — Brandon Flowers

In 'Summer and Smoke,' I was supposed to be a plain-Jane wallflower, and instead, I had all these costumes. I looked like a Barbie doll. — Geraldine Page

Virtually everything we told you about the healthcare bill now has proven to be true, and nearly everything they told you was a lie. — Glenn Beck

Children teach you worries that you never knew you had, — Susanna Kearsley

Wisdom is food for the mind.
Joy is food for the heart.
Love is food for the soul. — Matshona Dhliwayo

We also exchange oil for software technology. Uruguay is one of the biggest producers of software. We are breaking with the neoliberal model. We do not believe in free trade. We believe in fair trade and exchange, not competition but cooperation. I'm not giving away oil for free. Just using oil, first to benefit our people, to relieve poverty. — Hugo Chavez

Mental events, it is said, are not passive happenings but the acts of a subject. — Hermann Ebbinghaus