Doronina Quotes & Sayings

The birch-bark canoe of the savage seems to me one of the most beautiful and perfect things of the kind constructed by human art. — William Cullen Bryant

Don't assume that what we currently think is out there is the full story. Go after the dark matter, in whatever field you choose to explore. — Nathan Wolfe

Let's get one thing straight: there's no such thing as the Bristol sound. — Beth Gibbons

And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect. — Seth Godin

Look your significant other in the eyes, make that connection. — Kendall Schmidt

Loads of chemicals and hazardous wastes have been introduced into the atmosphere that didn't even exist in 1948. The environmental condition of the planet is far worse than it was 42 years ago. — Gaylord Nelson

The immigration issue is, I recognize, one that generates a lot of passion, but it does not make sense for us to want to push talent out. — Barack Obama

But when I forget that voice of the first unconditional love, then these innocent suggestions can easily start dominating my life and pull me into the "distant country." It — Henri J.M. Nouwen

Julius Caesar was one of the thirty-four Roman emperors (out of the total of forty-nine that reigned until the division of the empire) who were killed by guards, high officials, or members of their own families. — Steven Pinker

For example, John Law's Mississippi Company venture printed shares, and the money had gone up in smoke when it had been inscribed objects. The inscription made it magic and changed its meaning. That's how objects become charmed in The Arabian Nights, and they are often originally ordinary objects. The carpet is an ordinary, paltry object. The lamp is a rusty old lamp, and the bottles jinns are imprisoned within are old bottles. They are changed by the magic and the jinn's presence, and the jinn's presence is often embodied in the seal or inscription. — Marina Warner

Few simple rules: respect your elders, take care of your body, finish what you start, and solve your own problems. — Penelope Douglas

There are known knowns, things we know that we know; and there are known unknowns, things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns, things we do not know we don't know. — Donald Rumsfeld

I'm mad for her. I need to keep her. I need to protect her. — Jodi Ellen Malpas