Djurkovac Quotes & Sayings

In times of peace and prosperity cities and individuals alike follow higher standards, because they are not forced into a situation where they have to do what they do not want to do. But war is a stern teacher; in depriving them of the power of easily satisfying their daily wants, it brings most people's minds down to the level of their actual circumstances. — Thucydides

Lonnie says it doesn't take long to write a song if you're stricken with a severe case of the Tennysons. He wasn't necessarily talking about a chart-climber. — Dan Jenkins

..I need to know that I can still breathe properly when he's not around. — Melina Marchetta

Yeah, exactly. But, actually, boards prefer iron. All that glitters is not hovery. — Scott Westerfeld

She is a woman, how can you confuse her for a man? — Gloria D. Gonsalves

If I actively practice gratitude, I am able to keep myself grounded in the high times and lift myself up in the low times. — Trista Sutter

I think even like Saddam Hussein or Hitler would wake up and say, "I think it's going to be a good day. I'm gonna do some really important work." And given their definition of good, they went out and did horrible things. — George Saunders

Just to have the confidence to say, "Which end of that spectrum am I usually on?" That's been very helpful to me. Because it's a really awkward setting. — Mitchell Baker

I took out my watch and listened to it clicking away, not knowing it couldn't even lie — William Faulkner

Love is the commitment of my will to your needs and best interests, regardless of the cost. — Tim Kimmel

I grew up in a big Irish family, where everyone played the traditional sports, and I remember my grandfather saying to me, 'Why are you playing that communist game? You won't get anywhere with it.' — Danielle Fotopoulos

I have struggled with perfectionism and I think it's a really damaging thing in my own life. When we put that perfectionism on someone else, it just hurts relationships whereas grace and trusting someone else's heart is a really, really incredible and important part of any relationship. — Rebecca St. James

A fundamental condition of Being is slavery. Man is the slave of God, and God that of His vanity. — Kedar Joshi