Giovanni Borjas Quotes & Sayings

The theory of the transference of the collective will of the people to historic persons may perhaps explain much in the domain of jurisprudence and be essential for its purposes, but in its application to history, as soon as revolutions, conquests, or civil wars occur - that is, as soon as history begins - that theory explains nothing. — Leo Tolstoy

I manage because I have to. Because I've no other way out. Because I've overcome the vanity and pride of being different, I've understood that they are a pitiful defense against being different. Because I've understood that the sun shines differently when something changes. The sun shines differently, but it will continue to shine, and jumping at it with a hoe isn't going to do anything. — Andrzej Sapkowski

To be honest, I'm trying to maintain a Buddhist detachment about the whole thing to stop it taking ten years off my life. — Mark Haddon

We killed an innocent girl — Sara Shepard

Good people are not trained, they are found. If you are training too much, you may not have the right people. — Jim Rohn

Berzelius' symbols are horrifying. A young student in chemistry might as soon learn Hebrew as make himself acquainted with them ... They appear to me equally to perplex the adepts in science, to discourage the learner, as well as to cloud the beauty and simplicity of the atomic theory. — John Dalton

The difference between a 20-something and a 30-something man? Wisdom. At 20 years old, we don't really get how sensitive and beautiful women are. By 30, we're finally starting to learn. — Gilles Marini

The flesh covers the bone
and they put a mind
in there and
sometimes a soul,
and the women break
vases against the walls
and the men drink too
much
and nobody finds the
one
but keep
looking
crawling in and out
of beds.
flesh covers
the bone and the
flesh searches
for more than
flesh. — Charles Bukowski

In the moment you ask, and believe and know you already have it in the unseen, the entire Universe shifts to bring it into the seen. — Rhonda Byrne

This blue shirt i have is practically the same color as my jeans, and looking all-blue is something only cookie monster can pull off. — David Levithan

I've learned so much during my time with cancer. It's taught me a lot about who I am. It revealed to me my true goals and priorities. It introduced me to a brand new world where time isn't wasted, and important things aren't left unsaid. All the while, the superfluities of life are ignored and forgotten. Because I now understand how a person should act, whether confronted by death or not. And it's a shame that's what it takes to scare someone into becoming a conducive, meritable human being. — Kevin Lankes

Young people believe that regret is something you will never feel if you simply do as you please, but sometimes it is a matter of degree. — Alice Hoffman