Cyriaque Leblanc Quotes & Sayings

Society works not because we have consciously invented it, but because it is an ancient product of our evolved predispositions. It is literally in our nature. — Matt Ridley

His old right hand lay nerveless, listless, dead,
Unsceptred; and his realmless eyes were closed; — John Keats

Solemnity in politicians is not only tiresome but may even mask those twin sins - self-righteousness and intolerance - for the opinions of others. If I couldn't laugh, I couldn't live, especially in politics. — Ralph Bellamy

You learn after you've been in the business for a while that it's not getting your face recognized that's the payoff. It's having your film remembered. — Leonardo DiCaprio

Before Vatican II, in theology, as in other areas, the discipline was fixed. After the council there has been a revolution - a chaotic revolution - with free discussion on everything. There is now no common theology or philosophy as there was before. — Godfried Danneels

Women have an important contribution to make. — Margaret Mead

The Korean War, which China entered on the side of North Korea, fixed Mao's image in the United States as another unappeasable Communist. — Pankaj Mishra

What right did my father have to the details of my life? He squandered his chance to be the protective father. You can't come rushing to the rescue six months later. I wasn't a person to be saved only when it was a convenient time to swoop in. — Tayari Jones

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow — Ralph Waldo Emerson

All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck - who keeps right on going - is the man who is there when the good luck comes - and is ready to receive it. — Robert Collier

Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people dont understand whats involved. The real writers persevere. The ones that dont either dont have enough fortitude and they probably wouldnt succeed anyway, or they fall in love with the glamour of writing as opposed to the writing of writing. — Peter McWilliams

I still say the only education worth anything is self-education. — Robert Frost

A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper courtroom procedures - a trial in which every assumption can be challenged. — Harry Browne

There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right. — Bill Hybels