Divolis Quotes & Sayings

I would like to dissolve the $10 billion national Department of Education created by President Carter and turn schools back to the local school districts, where we built the greatest public school system the world has ever seen. I think I can make a case that the decline in the quality of public education began when federal aid became federal interference. — Ronald Reagan

What is one man among so many men?
What are so many men in such a world?
Can one man think one thing and think it long?
Can one man be one thing and be it long? — Wallace Stevens

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is. — John Von Neumann

Rumi will transform you, in ways you didn't know you needed transforming. — Jerry Stahl

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. — Jules Renard

Bring it."

Maybe not a declaration of love, but pure fucking Cat Thomas. — Christine Bell

People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear it. — Marsha Norman

There is something horribly hypocritical about passing judgement on another human beings actions from the comfort and safety of an armchair — Daniel Allen Butler

To work, to work hard, to see work steadily, and see it whole, was the way to be reputable. I think I always respected a goodblacksmith more than a lady of leisure. — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward