Gressier School Quotes & Sayings

Society established gold and silver as a circulating medium and as a legal tender in order that exchanges of commodities might be facilitated; but society blundered in so doing; for, by this very act, it gave to a certain class of men the power of saying what exchanges shall, and what exchanges shall not, be facilitated by means of this very circulating medium. The monopolizers of othe precious metals have an undue power over the community: they can say whether money shall, or shall not, be permitted to exercise its legitimate functions. — William Batchelder Greene

I don't need power at the cost of spilled blood. — Viktor Yanukovych

When people talk about gender-benders and bracket me with George, I always think I'm not like that. I had more of a rock edge, mixed with the 80s electro. — Marc Almond

Friendship is Love with jewels on, but without either flowers or veil. — Augustus William Hare

Displacement of any part of the skeletal frame may press against nerves, which are the channels of communication, intensifying or decreasing their carrying capacity, creating either too much or not enough functionating, an aberration known as disease. The nature of the affection depends upon the shape of the bone, the amount of pressure, age of patient, character of nerves impinged upon and the individual makeup. — Daniel D. Palmer

The hand has programmable fingerprints, a vibration motor, data interface capabilities-" "Wait. A vibration motor in your hand? Why?" "I'm a man, and I'm alone on the planet. Figure it out. — Joseph R. Lallo

Is this a Kurdish thing?'
'What?'
'Being deliberately contradictory? — Ian McDonald

People will get tired of overly retouched images soon and they'll want something different. If people have too much reality, they want fantasy. What matters most is what the image communicates. I remember the first roll of film I shot at high school, the contact sheet went from these really worthy images of cracks in the wall and ended up with all of my dancer friends naked in Renaissance poses. — David LaChapelle

I love you without knowing how, nor when, nor from where,
I love you directly without problems or pride:
I love you this way because I know no other way to love, — Pablo Neruda

In California death is one of the most successfully kept secrets there is. If you doubt this, try to find a cemetery. — Sheila Ballantyne

The last time there was this much excitement about a tablet, it had some commandments written on it. — Walter Isaacson

I wish there was a word more than 'love' itself to convey what I feel for you. — Faraaz Kazi