Hunger Games Capitol Power Quotes & Sayings

The closer men came to perfecting for themselves a paradise, the more impatient they became with it, and with themselves as well. They made a garden of pleasure, and became progressively more miserable with it as it grew in richness and power and beauty; for then, perhaps, it was easier to see something was missing in the garden, some tree or shrub that would not grow. When the world was in darkness and wretchedness, it could believe in perfection and yearn for it. But when the world became bright with reason and riches, it began to sense the narrowness of the needle's eye, and that rankled for a world no longer willing to believe or yearn. — Walter M. Miller Jr.

An educator never says what he himself thinks, but only that which he thinks it is good for those whom he is educating to hear. — Friedrich Nietzsche

You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of criticism and don't just follow the herd like somebody else might do. — Renny Harlin

Love was here today and left us dry did we deserve Him? — Norman Mailer

The actual stuff my family owned, those boxes under my stairs, I can't quite bear to look at. I like other people's things better. They come with other people's history. — Gillian Flynn

Greed is a little bit more than enough. — Toba Beta

Until you begin to write, then you will see the beauty of writing. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them. — Albert Schweitzer

Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long. — Christopher Columbus

Mitt Romney had a fundraiser in Israel with a bunch of diamond merchants, we don't know the names of them. — Bob Beckel

The American people want to know that when they borrow a book from the library or buy a book, the government won't be looking over their shoulder. Everybody wants to fight terrorism, but we have to do it in away that protects American freedom. — Bernie Sanders

I consider Monroe a pretty minor president. In spite of the Monroe Doctrine. That's the only important thing he ever did more or less on his own, when you really get down to it. — Harry S. Truman

Properly speaking, he no longer held opinions; he had sympathies. To which party did he belong? To the party of humanity. — Victor Hugo