Construyendo Una Quotes & Sayings

I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study. — Xun Zi

I never went round to loads of managers saying 'this is what I have, this is my product and I'm going to be famous so you'd better sign me up.' They came to me. — Amy Winehouse

9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous [16] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, [17] 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. — Anonymous

There are actors in this town who made important careers for a long, long period just by taking the parts that Cary Grant turned down. — Louis Jourdan

I'm not sure why I enjoy debunking. Part of it surely is amusement over the follies of true believers, and [it is] partly because attacking bogus science is a painless way to learn good science. You have to know something about relativity theory, for example, to know where opponents of Einstein go wrong ... Another reason for debunking is that bad science contributes to the steady dumbing down of our nation. Crude beliefs get transmitted to political leaders and the result is considerable damage to society. — Martin Gardner

Escape from boredom is one of the really powerful desires of almost all human beings. — Bertrand Russell

The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name. — Maggie Kuhn

Wouldn't it be great if attacking others to feel better about ourselves was something we outgrew like acne or crying when we have to go to bed? The fact is, many men still exhaust themselves in critiquing and attacking others. Maybe we fear that other people's success will somehow diminish ours. Maybe we take responsibility for more than we really need to and have appointed ourselves protectors of some kingdom. Deeper down, though, men are driven to stand in judgment of others because we have a deeply engrained bent and a pesky, persistent pattern of seeming to be wise in our own eyes. This makes love an impossibility. — James MacDonald

Why do you come here?"
"I promised."
"I release you from your promise!"
"It wasn't you I promised," the angel said quietly. — Elizabeth Knox

..for Africa was in a way none of them could explain linked up with heaven and they thought of the two places with the same reverence and ultimate longing. — Elizabeth Yates

Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression. — Amanda Lindhout

I don't think we should pay people to fight terrorism. I would be amazed if they asked for anything in return. — Henry A. Kissinger

I think it's a response to terrorism. From the time we're little girls, we're taught to fear the bad man who might get us. We're terrified of being raped, abused, even killed by the bad man, but the problem is, you can't tell the good ones from the bad ones, so you have to wary of them all. We're told not to go out by ourselves late at night, not to dress a certain way, not to talk to male strangers, not to lead men on. We take self-defense classes, keep our doors locked, carry pepper spray and rape whistles. The fear of men is ingrained in us from girlhood. Isn't that a form of terrorism? — Sarai Walker