Etaient Present Quotes & Sayings

The youthful brain should in general not be burdened with things ninety-five percent of which it cannot use and hence forgets again ... In many cases, the material to be learned in the various subjects is so swollen that only a fraction of it remains in the head of the individual pupil, and only a fraction of this abundance can find application, while on the other hand it is not adequate for the man working and earning his living in a definite field. — Adolf Hitler

We're supposed to be the people who make culture, not decorate culture. — James Victore

I'm interested in harnessing the good will and distributed power of people, including novices. — Jonathan Zittrain

Otherwise he was glad we had missed our landing, for he still had three books to read. — Thor Heyerdahl

I feel like I had a great career in a way. Maybe not the most successful monetarily or in other ways, but creatively, I feel incredibly fortunate. — Jennifer Jason Leigh

I said 'It can't go on' and he said 'No, it can't.' Honestly, I don't think I could have mattered less to him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him. — Maggie Smith

Every word which is used to express a moral or intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Reading a great work of literature can truly be likened to having a conversation with a great mind. — Jennie Chancey

I don't, as my mom would say, sweat the small stuff in our relationship. Because when I think of day-to-day irritations that you might have with the one you love, they're nothing compared to the bigger task at hand. — Michelle Obama

I saw the Count lying within the box upon the earth, some of which the rude falling from the cart had scattered over him. He was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes glared with the horrible vindictive look which I knew so well. — Bram Stoker

Motherhood, in the sense of an intense, reciprocal relationship with a particular child, or children, is one part of female process; it is not an identity for all time. — Adrienne Rich

The biggest miscalculation the tyrants and despots had made was to convince themselves that their citizens scorned the Western way of life, when in fact the opposite was true: Western ways were the envy of the world. Not only did people want to be able to choose their own leaders, enjoy a free press, and speak their minds freely and openly without fear of reprisal, but they yearned to look and live and love as they pleased. They wanted to wear the current trendy styles and fashions from the US and Europe, follow the exploits of their favourite celebrities, play the newest video games, watch the latest Hollywood blockbusters, binge on television box sets, view pornography, and download the hot new pop songs and videos. — Bruce Paley

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life. — Oscar Wilde