Gedrag Op Quotes & Sayings

We obviously don't live in a perfect world. If we did, then my dad would never have volunteered for Vietnam so he could use the GI Bill to pay for college, Uncle Google would have more important things to do than searching for eight hundred million reasons why our schools suck, and I wouldn't be at an education leadership conference in Jakarta because there'd be no need for it ... right? — Tucker Elliot

Hence it comes that men so much love noise and stir; hence it comes that the prison is so horrible a punishment; hence it comes that the pleasure of solitude is a thing incomprehensible. And it is in fact the greatest source of happiness in the condition of kings, that men try incessantly to divert them, and to procure for them all kinds of pleasures. — Blaise Pascal

Jealousy is the art of burning yourself inside out. — Debasish Mridha

Survival my only hope. Success my only revenge — Patricia Cornwell

From the exterior face of the wall towers must be projected, from which an approaching enemy may be annoyed by weapons, from the embrasures of those towers, right and left. — Vitruvius

I'm a passionate individual, and sometimes when I have strong feelings about a subject, I feel the need to express myself. — Megan Fox

My favorite dish is cleaning out the fridge on Sunday night and improvising a great medley. — Matthew McConaughey

She slowly stands up, grabbing her bag on the way out the door. She turns back at the last minute, silhouetted in the fading light from outside the doorway.
"Kai?"
I drag myself off the floor. The way she said my name, waiting for me to follow. I know now I would do anything to stay with her. — Dannielle Wicks

There's one bright spot in the generally gloomy picture know as the Pacific Conflict Zone. According to my calculations, by the year 2500 or so we should have killed off every last member of our species who is stupid enough to take part in so futile a pastime as this war between "ideals," and with luck they won't have left their genes behind because they'll typically have been killed at an age when society thinks they're too young to assume the responsibility of childbearing. After that we may get some peace and quiet for a change. — John Brunner

A flatterer is the shadow of a fool. — Thomas Overbury

I like the way that psychological extremity can illuminate more 'normal' characters by forcing a comparison. — Antonya Nelson

Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real? — J.K. Rowling

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right. — Lyndon B. Johnson

Knowledge gained through experience is far superior and many times more useful than bookish knowledge. — Mahatma Gandhi

It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department. — Robert Shea