Gawad Manlilikha Quotes & Sayings

Habitually, as we anxiously flee from the responsibility of our existence as a whole, we place our hope in the particular objects and situations of the world. This, however, fails to provide us with a secure refuge and our initial anxiety asserts itself again. — Stephen Batchelor

When you're at war with the devil sometimes you gotta dial up a demon, — T.M. Frazier

All knowledge is born in the mind, and circumstances make them manifest. — Abhijit Naskar

Bars are closed on Election Day so people won't vote under the influence. Why are libraries closed? — Arthur D. Hlavaty

You are not punished for your sins and suffer later in some kind of torture chamber; you are punished BY your sins and suffer consequences NOW. Just like your court systems. You do a crime now you get punished now — Gregory Willis

For a man to become a poet (witness Petrarch and Dante), he must be in love, or miserable. — Lord Byron

To a Soviet person, used to the nationality policy of the USSR, all the mistakes of the American government's Indian policy are evident from the first glance. The mistakes are, of course, intentional. The fact of the matter is that in Indian schools, class is conducted exclusively in English. There is no written form of any Indian language at all. It's true that every Indian tribe has its own language, but this doesn't change anything. If there were any desire to do so, the many American specialists who have fallen in love with Indian culture could create Indian written languages in a short time. But imperialism remains imperialism. — Ilya Ilf

Maybe I am conservative, but I like to have a little fun, too. — Roger Penske