Iluminismul Quotes & Sayings

Antony said to Poemen, 'Our great work is to lay the blame for our sins upon ourselves before God, and to expect to be tempted to our last breath. — Benedicta Ward

I believe in happy endings," I tell him, "And it feels like this movie has gone on for the right amount of time. — Matthew Quick

What separates an ordinary woman from an extraordinary one? The belief that she is ordinary. — Jody Williams

It seems to me that the Conservatives neither recognise the scale of the living standards crisis facing British families nor offer credible answers as to how the British economy or British society can be better in the future. — Douglas Alexander

Difficult questions can have simple answers. — Zia Haider Rahman

That was 1986. That year I felt myself to be drowning in the news reports of murder. I was aware that these murders very often did not land upon the intended targets but fell upon great-aunts, PTA mothers, overtime uncles, and joyful children - fell upon them random and relentless, like great sheets of rain. I knew this in theory but could not understand it as fact until the boy with the small eyes stood across from me holding my entire body in his small hands. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long. — Brian Tracy

I have thick skin. I'm not a baby. Nothing really offends me. If there's something I think might offend me, I don't listen to it. — Larry The Cable Guy

A vote is "wasted" when someone fails to vote their conscience. — Jesse Ventura

Be a wonderful role model because you will be the window through which many children will see their future. — Thomas McKinnon Wood

These Fatalists preach that Chance and Peril are merely masks for Fate's workings, nothing in themselves, and moreover that all the gods move at Fate's bidding. Their followers take comfort in thinking that their every deed is meant to be; it excuses all manner of meanness. — Sarah Micklem

Honestly, my deepest longing was to have a normal relationship, to love and be loved — Richelle Mead

Why do we focus on certain things at the expense of others? We will risk our lives to save a person from drowning, yet not make a donation that could save dozens of children from starvation. We install solar panels when their impact on CO2 emissions is minimal - and indeed may have a net negative effect if manufacturing and installation are taken into account - rather than contributing to more efficient infrastructure projects. — Graeme Simsion