Empecinado In English Quotes & Sayings

I can't speak for them, of course, but I believe that most economists would accept the view that, while you sometimes can make a score by sheer luck, you can't do it constantly, unless you're willing to put the resources in. — Merton Miller

No human mind may measure the blessings conferred by the game of base ball on the soldiers of the Civil War. It had its earliest evolution when soldiers, North and South, were striving to forget their foes by cultivating, through this grand game, fraternal friendships with comrades in arms. — Albert Goodwill Spalding

The voice was gentle, like a scalpel petting the short hairs of your throat. — Vernor Vinge

I have viewed the West as if it were not only the salvation of China but also the natural and ultimate destination of all humanity. — Liu Xiaobo

In life, be a participant, not a spectator. — Lou Holtz

Material loss can be made up through renewed labor, but the moral wrong which has been inflicted upon the conquered peoples, in the peace dictates, leaves a burning scar on the people's conscience. — Hjalmar Schacht

Israel is much worse than the original apartheid state. — Clare Short

easier to forgive others — J.K. Rowling

Terrorism can never be accepted. We must fight it together, with methods that do not compromise our respect for the rule of law and human rights, or are used as an excuse for others to do so. — Anna Lindh

When people say that German or any other language is romantic ... all they really mean is that they've enjoyed a past in the language. — John Irving

When I was younger, I'd buy a vinyl album, take it home and live with it, and I think that attachment's largely gone for the file-sharing generation. — Anton Corbijn