Folkestad Public Affairs Quotes & Sayings

The greatest evil is physical pain. — Saint Augustine

Things are in their essence what we choose to make them. A thing is, according to the mode in which one looks at it. — Oscar Wilde

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher. — Gertrude Stein

He [Democritus] is probably best known for two of the most scientifically intuitive quotes ever uttered by an ancient: 'Nothing exists except atoms and space, everything else is opinion' ... — Leon M. Lederman

I am afraid of a lot of things. A dog. I could be afraid of a dog that's upset, for example. And on the tennis courts, maybe on the outside I look fearless, but on the inside, I'm scared. There's not one player in the world who isn't nervous before matches. Especially important matches. — Rafael Nadal

To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him/her, and he/she is no longer our enemy. — Nhat Hanh

The universe
is the externalization of the soul. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I know what to think when a young girl shivers by a warm hearth and complains of lonesomeness at her mother's side. Shall I put these feelings into words? — Nathaniel Hawthorne

How good it felt to exist without pride or ambition. To live in hibernation. — Amelie Nothomb

There's also a growing trend toward having gardens in schools to literally show kids where food comes from by having them grow and prepare their own food. There's also a movement that's bringing farmers into schools and creating relationships between local farms and local cafeterias, so that instead of frozen mystery meat, you have fresh produce that's coming from the area that has a name and a face associated with it. — Eric Schlosser

Modeling was never a passion of mine. — Charlize Theron

You have to do things that excite you; you have to have a passion for your work. Otherwise you're just a face on the screen. — Ed Westwick

That's the whole secret: earn more, spend less, and automate it. — Anthony Robbins

I've never gotten to do romantic comedy like most of the girls. Maybe because I'm fit, people assume that I'm not funny? — Jessica Biel

Writers today must navigate the shifting verbal currents of the post-Gutenberg era. When does jargon end and a new vernacular begin? Where's the line between neologism and hype? What's the language of the global village? How can we keep pace with technology without getting bogged down in buzzwords? Is it possible to write about machines without losing a sense of humanity and poetry? — Constance Hale