Indulis Folkmanis Quotes & Sayings

All music has a message and a spirit behind it. — Temi Peters

I think blues music is music of the soul. Of course, there are other forms. You could call some classical music blues music in that way. — PJ Harvey

Survivors can't always choose their methods. — Patricia Briggs

Humor is, by its nature, more truthful than factual. — P. J. O'Rourke

Certainly, blame for all this [turmoil in the Middle East] doesn't rest solely with the terrible decisions that were made at the end of World War I, but it was then that one particularly toxic seed was planted. Ever since, Arab society has tended to define itself less by what it aspires to become than by what it is opposed to: colonialism, Zionism, Western imperialism in its many forms. This culture of opposition has been manipulated - indeed, feverishly nurtured - by generations of Arab dictators intent on channeling their people's anger away from their own misrule in favor of the external threat, whether it is "the great Satan" or the "illegitimate Zionist entity" or Western music playing on the streets of Cairo. — Scott Anderson

To speak against religion (the Christian) is breaking down the bond of good government. — James L. Petigru

You make decisions, take actions, affect the world, receive feedback from the world, incorporate it into yourself, then the updated 'you' makes more decisions, and so forth, 'round and 'round. — Douglas Hofstadter

What if custom is wrong? demanded the part of her that believed in the code of chivalry. A knight must set things right. — Tamora Pierce

To create greatness, give away your life for the success of others. — Debasish Mridha

He would have thought God could make his own decisions, but Weston believes the creator may be pushed and coaxed and maybe bribed a little. — Hilary Mantel

There are always a dozen reasons for doing nothing," Ann liked to say
it was a favourite apologia, indeed, for many of her misdemeanours. "There is only one reason for doing something. And that's because you want to." Or have to? Ann would furiously deny it: coercion, she would say, is just another word for doing what you want; or for not doing what you are afraid of. — John Le Carre