Inspirational Switzerland Quotes & Sayings

The only way to survive such shitty times, if you ask me, is to write and read big, fat books, you know? And I'm writing now another book on Hegelian dialectics, subjectivity, ontology, quantum physics and so on. That's the only way to survive. Like Lenin. I will use his example. You know what Lenin did, in 1915, when World War I exploded? He went to Switzerland and started to read Hegel. — Slavoj Zizek

Running gives me a clearer perspective on the world ... I've always seen the world by running, and that has allowed me to view things in a different way. Places look different in the early-morning hours, when the streets are deserted. I've smelled crabs boiling on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco on my way to the Golden Gate Bridge, watched the sun rise over Diamond Head in Hawaii, and seen deer grazing on the Alps in St. Moritz, Switzerland. I clearly remember turning to my husband, Jack, in one of these places and saying, 'People don't know what they're missing.' — Grete Waitz

Refrain from throwing your bicycle in public. It shows poor upbringing — Jacquie Phelan

Money's supposed to fix problems, not give you more, but I guess life ain't that straightforward. — Erin Bowman

There is no such thing as a crime of passion, only a crime of possession. — Gloria Steinem

Old paradigms die hard, even if they don't work. — Karl Albrecht

I rode the buses in L.A. until I was in my early 30s, and there's something about driving or riding through L.A. after sundown, when the Utopian city goes into hiding and another city comes out, more Doors and less Byrds. — Steve Erickson

Well ... you're a martyr and I'm a patron saint-I can't think of anyone better! — Neal Shusterman

You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear. — Seneca The Younger

Some people are terrified of snakes. Some people are terrified about losing money. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Right now, half the world is depressed and they need to be entertained. — Tori Amos

My concern is never art, but always what art can be used for. — Robert Rauschenberg

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette