Gokongwei Scholarship Quotes & Sayings

I can't help but think that it's an unfortunate custom to name children after people who come to sticky ends. Even if they are fictional characters, it doesn't bode well for the poor things. There are too many Judes and Tesses and Clarissas and Cordelias around. If we must name our children after literary figures then we should search out happy ones, although it's true they are much harder to find. — Kate Atkinson

To live a life which is a perpetual falsehood is to suffer unknown tortures. — Victor Hugo

Most people grow only large enough to solve their problems - not to reach their potential. — Gerald Brooks

You get the most out of what you need the least. — Jane Bryant Quinn

I tell the players: You'll hear a lot of applause in your life, fellas, but none will mean more to you than that applause-from your peers. I hope each of you hears that at the end. — Andre Agassi

Here's the thing: I left Ion Storm and Eidos in the spring of 2004 frankly because I felt out of place at that company. — Warren Spector

Just enjoy the music of life. — Debasish Mridha

This is the way federal land management should work. Cooperation, not confrontation, should be the hallmark of conservation efforts. — Dirk Kempthorne

Losing it in the backseat with a can of beer and a blunt, virginity is of no value. I never celebrated my time before chocolate either. — Komrade Komura

Only once had she asked the question: Why? And she had known that there would never be an answer. Her feet were a whim of nature. It would have been silly to look for causes or to rebel. She would not bicker with fate. Still, it hurt. — Jan-Philipp Sendker

So there was fun and magic in my relationship with Toni, even if the prevailing mood when we trained was stony and severe. — Rafael Nadal

We were not republicans or democrats during Katrina. We truly were all Americans, and Trent Lott came through for me. — Donna Brazile

We have three big shows on Sunday, so there will be pressure to spread the wealth. — David A. Bader

This is the Modern Man. The man who seeks himself without ever seeking, because he does not want to find;
The man who does not hesitate to criticize the other, although he behaves in the same way; — Cristiane Serruya

People are bound to get hurt in our journey for happiness. — E.K. Blair