Daham School Quotes & Sayings

It is clear that history differs from the other disciplines in having
an approach and not an area of its own. — Leonard Krieger

If I am killed I can die but once," he is fond of saying, "but to live in constant dread is to die over and over again. — Bill O'Reilly

Why do you think--?"
"--Dumbledore wanted to give me the sword?" said Harry, struggling to keep his temper. "Maybe he thought it would look nice on my wall."
"This is not a joke, Potter!" growled Scimgeour. "Was it because Dumbledore believed that only the sword of Godric Gryffindor could defeat the Heir of Slytherin? Did he wish to give you that sword, Potter, because he believed, as do many, that you are the one destined to destroy He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named?"
"Interesting theory," said Harry. "Has anyone ever tried sticking a sword in Voldemort? — J.K. Rowling

The elegant jump from malicious gossip to compliment, seemed to me so very successful that I thought of adult normality precisely as an art of that type. — Elena Ferrante

I think I would make a lousy stay-at-home mom. It just wouldn't suit me. — Claire Danes

I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - what makes people tick. I've also always been passionate about social issues and causes, and I wanted to make films that addressed important issues in very human terms. — Barbara Kopple

Power is getting things done without having to demonstrate that you can bulldoze it through. I'm most effective when I've studied an issue, when I can make a credible argument, and then bring people along. — Donna Edwards

The uniform tenor of a man's life furnishes better evidence of what he has said or done on any particular occasion than the word of any enemy. — Thomas Jefferson

The trick to writer's block is to sack up and write through it, you see. — Jeph Jacques

We made a demand for the the same wage rates to be paid in the Canadian plants as in the U.S. plants. — Leonard Woodcock

However apparently insignificant the event, whether it be the ring of tobacco ash surrounding the table, the direction from which the wild geese first appeared, or a series of seemingly meaningless human movements, he couldn't afford to take his eyes off it and must note it all down, since only by doing so could he hope not to vanish one day and fall a silent captive to the infernal arrangement whereby the world decomposes but is at the same time constantly in the process of self-construction. — Laszlo Krasznahorkai

Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world. — Camryn Manheim