Humankind Human Nature Genesis Quotes & Sayings

I'm sure Mark Carney is a very clever young man, but I think that the government would be mad to move from inflation targeting to money GDP targeting. — Nigel Lawson

I dabble in hip-hop, but my knowledge is so minimal, it's not even worth talking about. — Jack Tatum

Straight people don't have to come out, as heterosexuality is assumed. [ ... ] Young straight people are less likely to question the choices that their families and societies are attempting to make for them. [ ... ]A lot of straight people move through life following a script that others wrote for them. — Dan Savage

We need to focus not only on what we provide to the customer, but on how we provide it. — Robert Bacal

A good editor fixes. A superb editor fixes without ruining the original message of your book as a superb translator does as well. — B.A. Gabrielle

All my life I've been terrible at remembering people's names. I once introduced a friend of mine as Martini. Her name was actually Olive. — Tallulah Bankhead

The saints must be honored as friends of Christ and children and heirs of God. Let us carefully observe the manner of life of all the apostles, martyrs, ascetics, and just men who announced the coming of the Lord. And let us emulate their faith, charity, hope, zeal, life, patience under suffering, and perseverance unto death so that we may also share their crowns of glory. — John Of Damascus

If one limb of the body is defected or inflicted with, disease, the whole feels tha pai. Some way if any department, minister or official of the state is faulty, the whole country is effected. An administrator should try hard to curb it. — Chanakya

I think real forgiveness is a gift someone has to earn, and I don't even have to worry about Kalona asking for my forgiveness unless he's worthy of even considering it, and I just don't see that happening. — P.C. Cast

And so, standing before the aforesaid officiator, the two swore that at every other time of their lives till death took them, they would assuredly believe, feel, and desire precisely as they had believed, felt, and desired during the few preceding weeks. What was as remarkable as the undertaking itself was the fact that nobody seemed at all surprised at what they swore. — Thomas Hardy

I want to spend my time with people who don't look to be respected. But such good people won't want to spend their time with me. — Osamu Dazai

I remember when I was writing 'The Tin Drum,' I had the totally misguided idea of giving Oskar Matzerath a sister, and he just wouldn't have it. There was no space for a sister, yet I had the character of the sister in my head. In fact I used her in later novels, in 'Cat and Mouse' and 'Dog Years,' Tulla Pokriski. — Gunter Grass

Dorian used to watch you like a starving man who wants meat. Now he looks at you like he wants seconds. — Richelle Mead

As soon as man applies his intelligence to any object at all, he unfailingly destroys the object. — Leo Tolstoy

Social media, for me, is about interacting with people who follow my career. I don't think my relationship has anything to do with my career. — Brittany Snow