Hellenika Quotes & Sayings

What do you most want for your birthday picnic, Admiral?" Taken by surprise, he answered honestly: "No casualties. — Lois McMaster Bujold

Hunting is a relic of the barbarism that once thirsted for human blood, but is now content with the blood of animals. — Christian Nestell Bovee

No action is ever lost - nothing we do is without result. It's obvious, of course, but how many people ever really believe it, or act as if it were so? — Robertson Davies

Chance plays a powerful role in every life - our brains and personalities are just chemical soup, after all; a few drops here or there matter enormously - but consequences often become more serious as income levels go down. — Mohsin Hamid

I went to the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan because I love Japanese cinema. — Leslie Caron

At times it's like sadness has planted itself on her face, refusing to leave, an overwhelming sadness, and sometimes I see despair there, too. — Melina Marchetta

Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing. — Martha Graham

I always knew that I was called to do something. I didn't know what, but I finally rationalized after I met Martin [Luther King, Jr.] and it took a lot of praying to discover this, that this was probably what God had called me to do, to marry him. — Coretta Scott King

Winter invites white; white invites silence; silence invites peace. You see, there is so much peace in walking on the snow! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Souls have complexions too: what will suit one will not suit another. — George Eliot