Djordje Quotes & Sayings

Do real and permanent good in this world. — Andrew Carnegie

So I think democracy, in the long-term, in our countries will survive if it comes to be associated with leadership, will not survive if democracy plus media brings to us more and more followship rather than leadership. — Mario Monti

People who aren't perhaps that into sport are going to be following me and wanting to be part of the Olympics. That definitely does bring added pressure but as an athlete the Olympics are the ultimate competition. — Jessica Ennis

Gambling is not a vice, if you can afford to do it. — Hilary Mantel

If I close my eyes forever will it all remain unchanged? — Lita Ford

You don't mind giving up your freedom?"
Vivian tilted her head. "You always have to give up some freedom to live in any society. — Demitria Lunetta

The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own... — Epictetus

When you use more than 3-5% of your brain, you don't want to be on Earth!"
-Bob Diamond, Interdimensional Attorney, from the Albert Brooks' movie, Defending Your Life — Albert Brooks

Such heinous acts could superstition prompt.12 — Titus Lucretius Carus

-On sharing the love story of the Persian prince Khushraw and the niece of the queen of Armenia Shirin (who were looking for each other but in opposite directions): Both lovers then departed, looking for each other in opposite directions, a theme universal in its pathos, because we all spend our brief lives doing just that, even if we physically share our beds with the same person every night for years. Always we carry an image in our head of a better person, of an ideal person, which blurs our chances of finding happiness. — Fatema Mernissi

The line between courageous faith and foolish idealism is, almost by definition, one angstrom wide. — Eric Metaxas