Edeltraud Magdalena Quotes & Sayings

People who don't read fiction are scared of what's inside their own heads. — Carla H. Krueger

Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins. Republics ... derive their strength and vigor from a popular examination into the action of the magistrates. — Benjamin Franklin

Our ability to compete for the jobs of tomorrow depends, above all, on our capacity to educate children today. — Michael Bennet

If you've ever liked an artist or someone who then does something or is accused of something extremely corrupt, and your moral conscience won't allow you to accept that artist, the truth is then that creates a void in your life. Because then something you loved was taken from you. — Jerrod Carmichael

Veeva should count her blessings. Three years ago it was cocaine and a year ago it was crack and lemme tell you, that stuff you got to have. You do anything for that high." He laughed again, savoring his memories. "Where do you think the furniture went? Up my nose, that's where. She finally had me carted out of here screaming like an insane man. Spent some time in Bellevue with little sparkly bugs coming out my orifices. Compared to that being a drunk is practically a sensible existence. — Dan Ahearn

Don't hang on to old hurts. You can spend your years blaming God, blaming other people. But in the end it was a choice. — Jenny B. Jones

In the arts the way in which an idea is rendered, and the manner in which it is expressed, is much more important than the idea itself. — Jacques-Louis David

Originality is no excuse for ignorance. — Fred Brooks

Hence intellect[ual perception] is both a beginning and an end, for the demonstrations arise from these, and concern them. As a result, one ought to pay attention to the undemonstrated assertions and opinions of experienced and older people, or of the prudent, no less than to demonstrations, for, because the have an experienced eye, they see correctly. — Aristotle.

The globe of this earth ... [is] ... not just a machine but also a organised body as it has a regenerative power. — James Hutton

The night can last twenty hours and even when the day finally breaks it never gets above a level of cold I call "fuck that" - as in you open the door, your face freezes instantly to the point where it hurts to speak, but manfully you manage to say "fuck that," before turning round, and going back to bed. — Mark Lawrence

Every death is like the burning of a library. — Alex Haley

Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3, and I grew up in musical theater, so I was raised and surrounded by gay men and gay women. I was hardly around anyone straight. — A. J. McLean

Stupidity fuses notoriety and celebrity. — Suzanne Fields

I have always been dismayed by the West's failure - or unwillingness - to recognize that establishing secular schools that offer children a balanced and nonextremist form of education is probably the cheapest and most effective way of combating this kind of indoctrination. — Greg Mortenson