Dolejsi Quotes & Sayings

If legislation is truly necessary, one would expect the government to be able to provide proof of this beyond anecdote and speculation. Such proof is the least we can expect before we accept a government restriction of liberty as legitimate. — Randy E. Barnett

Being sick never worked as an excuse at the asparagus plantation at Osterburg. For example, the pregnant girl wanted to go home. She cried and pleaded. The doctor declared her fit for work. She willfully threw up in the fields every morning. An official from the work department, stuffed into his Nazi uniform, finally gave her permission to leave, but not for home - for Poland. — Edith Hahn Beer

In a way, I feel obliged to respect Jean Rouch because I am told he is very important. — Claire Denis

...it was absurd to have killed a man for nothing... — Emile Zola

Measuring yourself against other people's successes is like trying to live their dream, rather than your own. Try — Mac Prichard

I escape disaster by writing a poem with a joke in it:
The past, present, and future walk into a bar - it was tense. — Kelli Russell Agodon

for no god may undo what another god has done... — Ovid

Most deadly errors arise from obsolete assumptions. — Frank Herbert

In 1970, television ate my family. The Andy Warhol prophecy of 15 minutes of fame for any and everyone blew up on our doorstep. — Lance Loud

Solomon had good days and he had bad days, but the good had far outnumbered the bad since Lisa and Clark had started coming around. Sometimes, though, they'd show up and he's look completely exhausted, drained of all his charm and moving in slow motion. They could do that to him - the attacks. Something about the physical response to panic can drain all the energy out of a person, and it doesn't matter what causes it or how long it lasts. What Solomon had was unforgiving and sneaky and as smart as any other illness. It was like a virus or cancer that would hide just long enough to fool him into thinking it was gone. And because it showed up when it damn well pleased, he'd learned to be honest about it, knowing that embarrassment only made it worse. — John Corey Whaley

Time means nothing and when you find the right person, you just know. — Samanthe Beck

If you want to be more alive, love is the truest health. — Rumi

And everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters. — Jane Austen