Czynienie Quotes & Sayings

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages. — Tom Stoppard

Everything in any way beautiful has its beauty of itself, inherent and self-sufficient: praise is no part of it. At any rate, praise does not make anything better or worse. This applies even to the popular conception of beauty, as in material things or works of art. So does the truly beautiful need anything beyond itself? No more than law, no more than truth, no more than kindness or integrity. Which of these things derives its beauty from praise, or withers under criticism? Does an emerald lose its quality if it is not praised? And what of gold, ivory, purple, a lyre, a dagger, a flower, a bush? — Marcus Aurelius

One is always ready for war." Uthil gently twisted the pommel of his sword so the naked blade flashed in the gloom. "Or never. — Joe Abercrombie

I do believe we slander Christ when we think we are to draw the people by something else but the preaching of Christ crucified. — Charles Spurgeon

Administrators make work for each other so that they can multiply the number of their subordinates and enhance their prestige. — C. Northcote Parkinson

This is about saving children's lives. It is not about agencies and services protecting themselves. — Rosie Batty

Women will not, for many a year, perhaps never, descend again to the status of toys. — Margery Wilson

The thinking is that we started evolving language not by speaking but by gesturing. — Frans De Waal

According to my mother, positively no one, least of all herself, had even the faintest suspicion that she was heavy with child at the time of my birth. — Preston Sturges

Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits. — Dale Dauten