Emptiest Cities Quotes & Sayings

Much is written of the power of the Press, a power which may last but a day; by comparison little is heard of the power of books, which may endure for generations. — Stanley Unwin

Wisdom is tolerance of cognitive dissonance. — Robert Thurman

I am an education ambassador, mainly working with schools. — Daley Thompson

[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students). — Howard Nemerov

Golden eagles have an interesting way of mating, where they connect in the air while flying at eighty miles an hour and then they start dropping and they don't stop dropping until the act is completed. So it's not uncommon that they both fall all the way to the ground, hit the ground and both of them die. That's how committed they are to this. I thought to myself, 'Boy, don't we feel like wimps for stopping to answer the phone.' I don't know about you, but if I'm one of these two birds, you're getting close to the ground ... I would serioulsy consider fakin' it. — Ellen DeGeneres

There we were all in one place, a generation lost in space. — Don McLean

I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions. — Omar N. Bradley

This is the normal way with birthdays, see? Amazingly enough, they arrive on the same day, every year. — Tessa Dare

It was the brightest entry into darkness. — Julianna Baggott

During the last week of her father's life, Blanca stayed home with him. 'I didn't bathe. I didn't sleep. I sat in the bed with him in the living room. And we were communicating all the time. I kept thinking, and it's more beautiful in Spanish, but I wanted to bottle his breathing. — Kevin Renner

Early in my career I was divided because I had the real self underneath: the lawbreaker, the anarchist, the person who swims against the tide, the outsider, the loner, all of that guy. He was my private self, and I had this other side that wanted to be liked in order to do all those things I dreamed of as a little boy. I didn't realize that those things didn't go together until later. And I'm quite sure that my use of acid and peyote helped me accept what was really going on inside of me instead of what I had imposed on myself. — George Carlin

( ... ) everything is finite. Life. Love. All this.' ( ... ) 'Sadness too. Although that's harder to let go of than happiness. — Lauren Beukes

It's just like my dream to shoot things with no consequences. — Amanda Seyfried