Dhafer Abidine Quotes & Sayings

I have just been through the process of killing a cistudo for the sake of science; but I cannot excuse myself for this murder, and see that such actions are inconsistent with the poetic perception, however they may serve science, and will affect the quality of my observations. I pray that I may walk more innocently and serenely through nature. No reasoning whatever reconciles me to this act. It affects my day injuriously. I have lost some self-respect. I have a murderer's experience to a degree. — Henry David Thoreau

The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower. — Alan Greenspan

By the time I retire, I will have fought the best. I will have made my money. Maybe I'll be a boxing commentator. I'll go back to school, definitely. I already have a plan. My life's set. I'll be on an island, married, playing golf in the sun. That will be my life. — Oscar De La Hoya

I know this is going to come as a shock to me, but I am leaving me. Perhaps I'll say I could not have seen this coming, but truthfully things have been wrong between me for some time. Time heals and I'm sure in time I'll build a new life without me — Catherine Ryan Hyde

It's usually human drama that carries with it issues of race or class that attracts me. That was certainly the case with 'No Crossover.' — Steve James

Thank you for that succinct description, but I prefer to go in with facts," says Julie. "Stark — Richard Kadrey

The true test of a person's character is how they treat the people in life that they don't need. — Lee Corso

The refusal to belong to any school of thought, the repudiation of the adequacy of any body of beliefs whatever, and especially of systems, and a marked dissatisfaction with traditional philosophy as superficial, academic, and remote from life-that is the heart of existentialism. — Walter Kaufmann

They sometimes behave like the Delphic oracle that told King Croesus that if he crossed the Halys River he would destroy a large kingdom. It was only after he had been completely defeated in battle after the crossing that he discovered that the kingdom meant by the oracle was his own. — C. G. Jung

Lou could imagine Rich hiding within. She closed her eyes, letting her mind wander, search, and finally focus on him. Hurry up, Rich, she thought. Feeling the tug of connection, a thrill of anticipation ran up her spine. Lou didn't let herself nudge events often, but she did it today. — Danika Stone

We aren't where we want to be; we aren't where we ought to be; but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be. — Lou Holtz

I would not change [my past work] anymore than I would airbrush a photo of myself. — Margaret Atwood