Dorthe Kollo Quotes & Sayings

If a man lives to any considerable age, it can not be denied that he laments his imprudences, but I notice he often laments his youth a deal more bitterly and with a more genuine intonation. — Robert Louis Stevenson

I believe it is within our capacity that by the year 2051 that 51 percent of the human population will be flourishing. That is my charge. — Martin Seligman

I had seen the Magic Shop from afar several times; I had passed it once or twice, a shop window of alluring little objects, magic balls, magic hens, wonderful cones, ventriloquist dolls, the material of the basket trick, packs of cards that looked all right, and all that sort of thing, but never had I thought of going in until one day, almost without warning, Gip hauled me by my finger right up to the window, and so conducted himself that there was nothing for it but to take him in. — H.G.Wells

I realized that I was trying to fit God's will into my will. Not out of disobedience, but out of fear that I would disappoint God, or let Him down. — Michelle Lynn Brown

The euro will raise the citizens' awareness of their belonging to one Europe more than any other integration step to date. — Gerhard Schroder

Graveyards remind us of the vanity of all human endeavour. — Ivan Klima

If I had a nickel for every time I'd wished I possessed the power to alter another person's mind, I'd be knee deep in nickels. — Mayandree Michel

We want to approach this in a multilateral way, talking with our friends, consulting with our security council colleagues in the United Nations, hoping to find a way to solve this peacefully, but at the same time recognising that unless the threat of military force is there, Iraq will not disarm. — Colin Powell

Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship. — Mortimer Adler

I have maybe a half-hour before the next surgery. Want to go and get a cup of coffee?
What I want is to meander eight kilometres down the canals with you from Kirov to your Fifth Soviet door. I want to get on the tram with you, the bus with you, sit in the Italian Gardens with you. That is what I want. I will take the cup of coffee in your hospital cafeteria. — Paullina Simons

The past shouts at you, the ugly words or actions echo down across the years. — Roland Merullo

You only get one life so you might as well make it a happy one, and that's why I tend to just jump into things. I'm sort of a fearless idiot that way. — Nia Vardalos

Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off on a journey unless it's in the sea, and it's homesick, and bound to make its way home someday. — Zora Neale Hurston

I went to a high school reunion a couple years ago and realized that the kids who were the most unusual in high school are the ones who are the most interesting now and the ones who were popular are dull and boring. — Anderson Cooper

I'm a schizophrenic writer. — Lynn Nottage