Doringkloof Quotes & Sayings

They were infinite. — Sarah J. Maas

I've never believed in American skies, but I've always beleived in America. — Steven Erikson

An atheist can be charitable but not religious. But the religious man must be charitable. — Swami Vivekananda

National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights of a government. — Richard Perle

No one keeps track of the hours we work," said Ken Holberger. He grinned. "That's not altruism on Data General's part. If anybody kept track, they'd have to pay us a hell of a lot more than they do." Yet it is a fact, not entirely lost on management consultants, that some people would rather work twelve hours a day of their own choosing than eight that are prescribed. Provided, of course, that the work is interesting. That was the main thing. — Tracy Kidder

There are similarities between being an editor and a tailor. Tailors have a vast supply of fabrics, buttons and thread at their disposal and put it together to make a whole. That's what an editor does - looks at society at a given time and pulls together the interesting aspects into a single issue each month. — Graydon Carter

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring then to be original; by destroying one's first productions. — Andre Maurois

How often I find myself called wrong,' Churchill had written to his wife on 17 April 1924, 'for warning of follies in time. — Martin Gilbert

She felt like her whole body was one big network of streamers. If they connected right now, she imagined it would feel about like being struck by lightening. — John Green

The American public has difficulty believing ... [that] injustice continues to be inflicted upon Indian people because Americans assume that the sympathy and tolerance they feel toward Indians is somehow 'felt' or transferred to the government policy that deals with Indians. This is not the case. — Leslie Marmon Silko