Floreciendo Garcia Quotes & Sayings

The material world claims, 'I am what I think', whereas spiritualism says, 'I am, therefore I think'. — Gian Kumar

Appearing as a character in my brother's books taught me something about myself. For most of my life, my history as an abused child with what I saw as a personality defect was shameful and embarrassing. Being a failure and a high school dropout was humiliating, no matter how well I subsequently did. I lied about my age, my education, and my upbringing for years because the truth was just too horrible to reveal. His book, and people's remarkable acceptance of us as we are, changed all that. I was finally free. — John Elder Robison

Nature is a numbers game. We need all the support we can get as our immune systems and health are under assault from pollution, stress, contaminated food and age-related diseases as our lifespans increase. — Paul Stamets

Programs are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers to execute. — Donald Ervin Knuth

My writing routine is: get son off to school and sit down at 8 A.M. I read what I wrote the day before, and then write longhand, into a notebook. I prefer paper and pen because it feels closer to my brain. — Tracy Chevalier

I spent the year behind on deadlines and everything else. It's only now in December that I feel even slightly caught up. 2016 has to be better. — Justine Larbalestier

When you know yourself you are surprised that what is the greatest thing for you is to love and to be loved. — Nirmala Srivastava

Changes in the structure of society are not brought about solely by massive engines of doctrine. The first flash of insight which persuades human beings to change their basic assumptions is usually contained in a few phrases. — Kenneth Clark

I don't like rides. I take everything in life quite literally, and so I genuinely feel terrified on rides and liable to vomit at any moment, and I hate to vomit even more than I fear rides. — Jonathan Ames

Put together a seaman, soldier and airman and what do you get? The sum of all fears. — Winston Churchill

There are people out there dying every day, so when you wake up, you just have to thank the Man Upstairs for another day on this planet. There's not much else we can ask for. — Dikembe Mutombo

I can assure you the hemorrhaging has stopped. I asked remaining caucus members if they adhered to the party program, if they would stay in the PQ and that they would be by my side. They all said yes. — Pauline Marois