Elsies Picklewich Quotes & Sayings

No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people. — Thomas Paine

I never cease to wonder at my luck in having for my sister the woman who, more than any other woman in America, possesses all the qualities of true greatness. — Dorothy Gish

When I was a child, I understood the things of my childhood. Now that I have grown into a man, I understand less of the world than I did as a lad. — Joel T. McGrath

I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what makes us human. — Zeresenay Alemseged

There's something to be said about silence; it can be a moment of truth, or a moment of connection to other like minded people. — Martin R. Lemieux

It is stories - both real and fictional - that can captivate hearts, change minds and, in the most powerful examples, spur action. — Vanessa Diffenbaugh

That first concept is alway the most naturally and best. The mind errs, the emotion never. — Robert Schumann

An amino acid residue (other than glycine) has no symmetry elements. The general operation of conversion of one residue of a single chain into a second residue equivalent to the first is accordingly a rotation about an axis accompanied by translation along the axis. Hence the only configurations for a chain compatible with our postulate of equivalence of the residues are helical configurations. — Linus Pauling

The world is full of power and energy and a person can go far by just skimming off a tiny bit of it. — Neal Stephenson

One of the most aggressive things a human being can do is to go against what he or she believes is nice or pretty. — Paulo Coelho

It was a year for the ages, like 79, like 1346, to name just a few. Forget the scythe, Goddamn it, I needed a broom or a mop. And I needed a vacation. — Markus Zusak

Tread softly as you draw near to the bedside of a dying man, for the space around him is holy ground. Speak in hushed tones, with awe and reverence, as you would in a cathedral. Let not the mind engage in trivial thoughts. The awesome majesty of Death can only be met in silence. — Jennifer Worth

Before the military coup in Chile, we had the idea that military coups happen in Banana Republics, somewhere in Central America. It would never happen in Chile. Chile was such a solid democracy. And when it happened, it had brutal characteristics. — Isabel Allende