Databanks Quotes & Sayings

History is a set of skills rather than a narrative. — Hilary Mantel

If Britain votes to leave the European Union, then that could have huge implications for the entire island of Ireland and, given all the predictions, would run counter to the democratic wishes of the Irish people. — Martin McGuinness

If you want access to the files of valuable information in a computer, you must understand how to retrieve the data by asking for it with the proper commands. Likewise, what enables you to get anything you want from your own personal databanks is the commanding power of asking questions. — Tony Robbins

Nowadays, all the people who are major are just DJs. The lighting and all that makes the show - without all of that stuff, it's just a person behind a laptop. With me, though, it's an actual show. — AraabMuzik

It is in disaster, not success, that the heros and the bums really get sorted out. — James Stockdale

Have you ever talked to someone, and you're not even really talking to them? Actors are the worst for that. — Joe Rogan

In Germany, I have been called the Queen of Kitsch, but I don't mind that - as long as people buy the books. — Rosamunde Pilcher

Of a thousand shavers, two do not shave so much alike as not to be distinguished. — Samuel Johnson

Life was a storm to wander through. — Stephen Vincent Benet

One readon why it has taken so long to construct a quantum theory of gravity is that all previous quantum theories were background dependent. It proved rather challenging to construct a background independent quantum theory, in which the mathematical structure of the quantum theory made no mention of points, except when identified through networks of relationships. The problem of how to construct a quantum theoretic description of a world in which space and time are nothing but networks of relationships was solved over the last 15 years of the twentieth century. The theory that resulted is loop quantum gravity, which is one of our three roads. — Lee Smolin

He who honestly instructs reverences God. — Nazr Mohammed

Don't look too far ahead or you'll get overwhelmed. Just do the next apparent thing. Keep putting one foot in front of the other. You'll get through this. And when you do, you'll feel great! — B. J. Gallagher Hateley

By nature, we are a plant-based intelligence - not just our exhale, which plants inhale, but they are my food chain. They are my medicine. I cannot live without plants. They are part of my life support. And this is why plant species need to be preserved. — Horst Rechelbacher

What is samkit (enlightened view; right belief)? One has to realize the complete authoritative power, and accept everyone's worldly authority. People abuse their acquired authority and consequently loose their right for human birth (manushyapanu). Accept whatever authority one has. — Dada Bhagwan