Erlachgasse Quotes & Sayings

...literacy is as vital as food, security, limiting population growth, and control of the environment.

Education, after all, is the one issue that affects every other one. I think of it in the same way as dropping a pebble into a pond and getting a ripple effect. Educated people make more money and are more likely to escape poverty. Educated parents raise healthier children.

...The list goes on, just as ripples in a body of water emanate outward. — John Wood

My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust. — Jane Birkin

Why do members of my party constantly go after the president personally? — Michael Steele

He was the mighty Fezzik, lover of rhymes, and you did not give up, no matter what. — William Goldman

The tragedy of life is not that a man loses but that he almost wins. — Heywood Hale Broun

Let's wake up and start dreaming, shall we? — Deepshikha

Violence is the quest for identity. When identity disappears with technological innovation, violence is the natural recourse. — Marshall McLuhan

I, personally, no longer take part in the ecstatic public condemnation of people unless they've committed a transgression that has an actual victim, and even then not as much as I probably should. I miss the fun a little. But it feels like when I became a vegetarian. I missed the steak, although not as much as I'd anticipated, but I could no longer ignore the slaughterhouse. — Jon Ronson

A myth is something that never was but that is always happening. — Jean Houston

Nature was beautiful in a way he'd never imagined, but this...this was life. — Kass Morgan

There is no doubt whatsoever that the universe is the merest illusion. — Ramana Maharshi

The linchpin feels the fear, acknowledges it, then proceeds. I can't tell you how to do this; I think the answer is different for everyone. What I can tell you is that in today's economy, doing it is a prerequisite for success. — Seth Godin

Approaching a comedy character is fun because you get to sit down with the director and ask, "What makes you laugh?" Then you end up bouncing ideas off each other. — Matthew Lewis

What would Walt Whitman do? — Garth Risk Hallberg