Ferdinandushof Quotes & Sayings

People with great passions, people who accomplish great deeds, people who possess strong feelings, even people with great minds and a strong personality, rarely come out of good little boys and girls. — Lev S. Vygotsky

Use whatever you have in tour hands because that is the only weapon that God gave you. — Ludiah

One night I realized that when you give people understanding and encouragement a funny little meek childish look abashes their eyes, no matter what they've been doing they weren't sure it was right - lambies all over the world. — Jack Kerouac

the absurdity of a smoking skyscraper. — Hugh Howey

To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble. — Bill Watterson

There are worlds / in which nothing is adjective, everything noun. — Jane Hirshfield

Never approach a friend's wife or girlfriend with mischief as your goal ... unless she's really attractive. — Rose Macaulay

It was almost like fear, in the way it filled me, rising in my chest. It was almost like tears, in how swiftly it came. But it was neither of those, buoyant where they were heavy, bright were they dull. — Madeline Miller

Is it Rousseauian fantasy to assert that prehistory was not an unending nightmare? That human nature leans no more toward violence, selfishness, and exploitation than toward peace, generosity, and cooperation? That most of our ancient ancestors probably experienced a sense of communal belonging few of us can imagine today? That human sexuality probably evolved and functioned as a social bonding device and a pleasurable way to avoid and neutralize conflict? — Christopher Ryan

The international community will not accept such threats to the political process. — Bernardino Leon