Crisostomos Quotes & Sayings

Had declared himself an egg merchant. "If thou select one of thy baskets and put into it each morning ten eggs and take out from it each evening nine eggs, what will eventually happen?" "It will become in time overflowing." "Why?" "Because each day I put in one more egg than I take out." Arkad turned to the class with a smile. "Does any man here have a lean purse?" First they looked amused. Then they laughed. — George S. Clason

Every face he saw was the face of a corpse-to-be. His world was peopled with living ghosts — Rick Yancey

I distracted myself from the fear and terrorism by thinking about things like how the universe began and whether time travel is possible. — Malala Yousafzai

The war against hunger is truly mankind's war of liberation. — John F. Kennedy

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else. — Reinhold Niebuhr

Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime. — Maximilien Robespierre

I might go anywhere and do any magic I pleased if I were Peter, not Prunella. — Zen Cho

I want to do projects that speak to people, things that inspire change, and projects that help people grow and help me grow in the process. — LeToya Luckett

I want us to be as good as we say we are and as others think we should be. — Cecil O. Samuelson

I think the Mailman is taking us on one at a time, starting with the weakest, drawing us in far enough to learn our True Names - and then destroying us. — Vernor Vinge

When rumours increase, and when there is an abundance of noise and clamour, believe the second report. — Alexander Pope

In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent. — Vasily Smyslov

A species may eat a particular bacterium, phytoplankton, smaller fish, or plant in an area. Lacking a predator, these species/populations will overgrow and alter the area's biology, overwhelming and driving to extinction dozens or hundreds or thousands of other local species. — Thom Hartmann

It would be nice to think that the menacing aspects of North Korea were for display also, that the bombs and reactors were Potemkin showcases or bargaining chips. On the plane from Beijing I met a group of unsmiling Texan types wearing baseball caps. They were the 'in-country' team from the International Atomic Energy Agency, there to inspect and neutralize North Korea's plutonium rods. Not a nice job, but, as they say, someone has to do it. Speaking of the most controversial reactor at Yongbyon, one of the guys said, 'No sweat. She's shut down now.' Nice to know. But then, so is the rest of North Korean society shut down - animation suspended, all dead quiet on the set, endlessly awaiting not action (we hope) or even cameras, but light. — Christopher Hitchens