Elikonia Quotes & Sayings

Free yourself from the shackles of an oppressive reality. What's real to you is what you imagine and what you feel. If you manage your illusions wisely, you might get what you want, but you won't necessarily understand why it worked. — Scott Adams

I learned that hard work and self-discipline can overcome many obstacles. — Samuel Alito

We see a man cutting down a tree, and we make sure that he is filling a social need, just because he uses his muscles; it does not occur to us that he may only be cutting down a beautiful tree to make room for a hideous statue. — George Orwell

Good fortune, contentment, peace, happiness have never been able to deceive me for long. I expected the worst, and I was right. So much for the dream of man. — Wallace Stegner

I know that Southern redhead type, Bruno said, poking at his apple pie. — Patricia Highsmith

Even if one succeeds in making a silk purse out of a sow's ear, there remains the problem of what to do with a one-eared sow. — Dave Hickey

That's all about the natural order of things, the idea of nature protecting children but also children protecting nature. — Hugh Jackman

For all its apparent tolerance, the USA maintains a peculiar balance between the forces of capitalism and democracy. To achieve this I feel sure the country is guided by some hidden force; an organization working in secrecy, powerful enough to dispose of the Kennedys and of anyone else who gets in its way. — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

You can't be Canadian without being aware of at least one other country, the United States, 'cause it's so important to us. I think we sometimes like to think that, you know, Americans will pay attention to us from time to time, too. — Justin Trudeau

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. — Thomas Carlyle

I find it funny that people now come up to me and say, 'Wow, you are absolutely gorgeous. I'm like, 'I was beautiful before I lost weight. Egotistically speaking, I thought I was amazing.' — Raven-Symone

You are what you consume, and as an organism and consciousness, you in fact become a commodity and predator yourself. — Bryant McGill

I'm lying, yes, but why do you force me to give a linear explanation; linear explanations are almost always lies. — Elena Ferrante

Make this poor self grow less and less, Be Thou my life and aim ; Oh, make me daily, through Thy grace, More worthy of Thy name. — Johann Caspar Lavater