Einflussfaktor Quotes & Sayings

History is orphan. It can speak, but cannot hear. It can give, but cannot take. Its wounds and tragedies can be read and known, but cannot be avoided or cured. — Kedar Joshi

They had kilts on instead of pants, but you just didn't see six feet-plus of immortal warrior panicking about anything often, but panicking in a kitchen with pots in their hands and the oven open while they peered inside in a puzzled manner was a very special and endearing type of panic. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Addressing the Columbia crew after winning the intercollegiate regatta: I congratulate you most heartily upon the splendid victory you have won, and the luster you have shed upon the name of Columbia College. I thank you for the Faculty of the College, for the manifest service you have done to this institution ... I am convinced that in one day or in one summer, you have done more to make Columbia College known than all your predecessors have done since the foundation of the college by this, your great triumph. — Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard

A good story remains a good story, whether it is on glossy paper or a mobile phone display, is carved into marble tablets or appears as a Bild headline. — Mathias Dopfner

Treat your old parents as you would like to be treated by your children later. — Jose Rizal

Imagine the vanity of thinking that your enemy can do you more damage than your enmity. — Saint Augustine

Not every painter has a gift for painting, in fact, many painters are disappointed when they meet with difficulties in art. Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that requires peace of mind. The painter must always seek the essence of things, always represent the essential characteristics and emotions of the person he is painting ... — Titian

I've had my ups and downs in my private life. — Novak Djokovic

It ain't the blows we're dealt that matter, but the ones we survive. — Stephen King

I miss Irish milk. Probably not as much as Superquinn sausages. — Tristan MacManus

If you have trouble imagining a 20% loss in the stock market, you shouldn't be in stocks. — John C. Bogle

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet. — Niels Bohr

My upbringing was absolutely not the archetypal writer's upbringing. Even, arguably, the opposite. — Graham Swift

I took a breath, seeing from across the room the rain on his eyelashes. A sudden need to brush them free filled me. I could almost feel the dampness of the rain on my fingers, how soft it would feel. — Kim Harrison

British Israelites: The British Israelites believe the white Anglo-Saxons of Britain to be descended from the ten lost tribes of Israel deported by Sargon of Assyria on the fall of Sumeria in 721 B.C ... They further believe that the future can be foretold by the measurements of the Great Pyramid, which probably means it will be big and yellow and in the hand of the Arabs. They also believe that if you sleep with your head under the pillow a fairy will come and take all your teeth. — Mike Harding