Gyda Hansen Quotes & Sayings

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. — John W. Gardner

Looking back, all I can say is that the meeting with Bush was one of the most disgusting experiences in my life. — Cindy Sheehan

It is full of interest, it has noble poetry in it and some clever fables and some blood drenched history, some good morals and a wealth of obscenity and upwards of a thousand lies.
(Re The Bible) — Mark Twain

By trying to grab fulfillment everywhere, we find it nowhere. — Elisabeth Elliot

Human?' The girl cocked her head the other way. I caught a glimpse of pink gills under her chin. 'My sisters told me stories of humans. They said they sometimes sing to them to lure them underwater.' She grinned, showing off her sharp needle-teeth. 'I've been practicing. Want to hear? — Julie Kagawa

I might sing a gospel song in Arabic or do something in Hebrew. I want to mix it up and do it differently than one might imagine. — Stevie Wonder

I was going to see Ivy today and that was all that mattered. — Sierra Simone

It was as if there were no names here, as if there were no words. The desert cleansed everything in its wind, wiped everything away. The men had the freedom of the open spaces in their eyes, their skin was like metal. Sunlight blazed everywhere. The ochre, yellow, gray, white sand, the fine sand shifted, showing the direction of the wind. It covered all traces, all bones. It repelled light, drove away water, life, far from a center that no one could recognize. The men knew perfectly well that the desert wanted nothing to do with them: so they walked on without stopping, following the paths that other feet had already traveled in search of something else. — Jean-Marie G. Le Clezio

First, I was so dazzled and besotted by India. People said the poverty was biblical, and I'm afraid that was my attitude, too. It's terribly easy to get used to someone else's poverty if you're living a middle-class life in it. But after a while, I saw it wasn't possible to accept it, and I also didn't want to. — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

People look around you, the signs are everywhere. You've left it for somebody other than you to be the one who to care. — Jackson Browne

It's a very different thing, religion and faith. Religion is man-made, it's man-regulated. And faith, you can define God as you wish. But I think they're two different things. — Vera Farmiga

When I'm studying English I love to watch 'Friends' or 'Nikita.' — Liu Wen