Gegenwart In English Quotes & Sayings

Gentlemen, four-fifths of the earth's surface is covered by seas; that is unquestionably too much; the world's surface, the map of oceans and dry land, must be corrected. We shall give the world the workforce of the sea, gentlemen. This will no longer be the style of Captain van Toch; we shall replace the adventure story of pearls by the hymnic paean of labour. — Karel Capek

Society isn't prepared to imagine a soul wandering through time to heal its grief. — Deepak Chopra

If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, there would be no need for fiction. — Scott Turow

However, when we see the world through the eyes of desire, we are always hoping that it will somehow magically provide us only good things; there will be no bad things, no painful things. Although the world actually is magically providing, that does not mean there is no pain. Pain is not a sign of things gone wrong. Our lives are actually a constant succession of pleasure and pain, getting what we want, then losing it. We experience pleasure and pain, gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and disrepute, constantly changing out of our control. This is what the world is naturally providing, and still we can be happy. — Sharon Salzberg

Fashion is made to become unfashionable. — Coco Chanel

I can't drink. I have too much to lose. I can't lose my job over something I can stop. — Sebastian Janikowski

I wonder if it's ethical to watch a man with binoculars and a long-focus lens? D'ya suppose it's ethical even if you prove that he didn't commit a crime? I'm not much on rear window ethics. — John Michael Hayes

You're still alive. And that means you'll love and be loved ... and in the end, nothing else really matters. — Nicholas Sparks