Girardinus Quotes & Sayings

Without clues, we search in the wrong directions. Without evidence, a theory is not reliable. — Carlo Rovelli

Dutch is not so much a language as an ailment of the throat. — John Green

Yet in this big world, even the smallest sliver of a human had purpose. — Nicki Elson

These days there are painters that go inside a factory in order to be inspired by the noise of machines, so that it affects their works. Of course, artists need sensibility; sensibility towards their environment and their community, but when they are stirred enough by their experiences in their society they can create their art in small studios. — Guity Novin

ON AUGUST 15, 1971, United States President Richard Nixon announced that foreign-held U.S. dollars would no longer be convertible into gold - thus stripping away the last vestige of the international gold standard.1 This was the end of a policy that had been effective since 1931, and confirmed by the Bretton Woods accords at the end of World War II: that while United States citizens might no longer be allowed to cash in their dollars for gold, all U.S. currency held outside the country was to be redeemable at the rate of $35 an ounce. By doing so, Nixon initiated the regime of free-floating currencies that continues to this day. — David Graeber

The night was white-blind with fog, and Kate staggered over every stone and stumbled in every puddle, but she pushed on as fast as she could. — Erin Bow

Can that which is the greatest virtue in philosophy, doubt (called by Galileo the father of invention), be in religion what the priests term it, the greatest of sins? — Christian Nestell Bovee

It's exciting to do something you're writing. And it's also a lot easier to memorize because you wrote it. — Jillian Bell

I love helping out good people who are doing good things. — J. R. Martinez

It's like there's a moment that happens in baseball, and when it happens, I do everything to concentrate. When you do that, it can be good. — Miguel Cabrera