Detre Quotes & Sayings

Time is something that fills the empty spaces of life — Tom Clancy

It is necessary to be focused. This is the raison d'etre of career. — Frederick Lenz

Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, they contain pure truths, before we cluttered our languages with so many useless words. — Cassandra Clare

In 1778, Jefferson presented to the Virginia legislature "A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge," in which he argued that all forms of government could degenerate into tyranny. The best way of preventing this, he wrote, is "to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at large." The study of history could serve as an especially effective bulwark, allowing the people to learn how to defeat tyranny from past examples. Jefferson would return again and again to the importance of education in a democracy. — Fareed Zakaria

Everything is a subject. Every subject has a rhythm. To feel it is the raison detre. The photograph is a fixed moment of such a raison detre, which lives on in itself. — Andre Kertesz

When I'd written my 'Silverwing' series - I'd imbued the bats with full human awareness and vocabulary. — Kenneth Oppel

I think the truth is always interesting, but with politicians, you don't get to see much of that. — Peter Capaldi

There is more both of beauty and of raison d'etre in the works of nature- than in those of art. — Aristotle.

I love how simple this is for her. I love that her solution to everything is to tell the truth. I struggle with my identity and she tells me just to say what's true. — Nicola Yoon