Distinsi Quotes & Sayings

As long as man was small in numbers and limited in technology, he could realistically regard the earth as an infinite reservoir, an infinite source of inputs and an infinite cesspool for outputs. Today we can no longer make this assumption. Earth has become a space ship, not only in our imagination but also in the hard realities of the social, biological, and physical system in which man is enmeshed. — Kenneth E. Boulding

Fate was playing my hand for me and for once in my life I knew better than not to go ahead and let it. — Elaine Dundy

It was then she said I had grown cynical. I said, that I had always been cynical - she had only never called it that. She had said rather that I was brave. She had called me an original. She had seemed to admire me for it. That — Sarah Waters

A Puritan is someone who is desperately afraid that, somewhere, someone might be having a good time. — H.L. Mencken

Let's improve ourselves as human beings, let's become more compassionate, let's become bigger, let's become stronger, let's become nicer people. — Scott Jurek

Dr. Rice went well beyond offering a helping hand - she went so far as to shed tears and share hugs with those who, in a matter of just a few hours, had lost everything to the rising floodwaters. — Jo Bonner

We all know that China is industrializing at a growth rate of 8 to 10 percent per year. China is on track to pass the U.S. as the largest economy in the world in 20 to 25 years, and China is determined to give its people a chance at this high standard of living that we enjoy. — John Olver

I never saw the face of Cobbett ... I should not know him if I met him in my porridge dish. — John Adams

Our own humble and meek ones, fasters and keepers of silence, will arise and go forth for a great deed. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I hate time. It never does what you want it to. — Nick Hornby

A head began emerging out of the darkness. It had two large antennae growing out of its forehead, with nothing recognizable as eyes. A mouth in the middle of its face opened in what I hoped was a smile. At least there weren't any sharp teeth. — Mary G. Thompson

Sports have always been a big part of my life. At school, I played a lot of different sports, and I was competing with other schools. I did everything: running, volleyball, basketball, soccer, Olympic-style gymnastics, and more! My history with sports gave me good concentration, focus, strength, and motivation to stay healthy. — Izabel Goulart

The price for sitting and watching game shows and betting on lottery is that the vast majority of the viewers will never become rich — Robert Kiyosaki

In the lonely dark she goes again and again to that locked cupboard knowing that she holds the key, and frightened of the self she might find inside. — Frederick Anderson