Inspirational Ted Talk Quotes & Sayings

He was transfixed at the sight of the lords and ladies of his realm running about like demented chickens. — Jonathan Stroud

At some point you're like, gosh, this rehab is never going to end, and then all of a sudden I'm full strength and I'm about to go to my first competition. So I feel really great. — Kerri Walsh

It is when the rich and well-educated and highly-privileged classes neglect their duties, when they neglect to study the interests, and conciliate the affections, and instruct the opinions, and champion the rights of the people, that the latter become discontented and turbulent, and fall into the hands of demagogues: the demagogue always steps in, where the patriot is wanting. — Washington Irving

Ye gods, annihilate but space and time,
And make two lovers happy. — Alexander Pope

The aim is to illuminate and reveal the alluring world. — Enos Mills

THIS IS THE CITY, BOY, said Death. WHAT DO YOU THINK? "It's very big," said Mort, uncertainly. "I mean, why does everyone want to live all squeezed together like this?" Death shrugged. I LIKE IT, he said. IT'S FULL OF LIFE. — Anonymous

Time is important to me now, I tell myself.Not that it should pass quickly or slowly, but only be time, be something I live inside and fill with physical things and activities that I can divide it up by. so that it grows distict to me and does not vanish when I am not looking. — Per Petterson

I'm the person with the final say on everything. I really love being in that position. — Paul Reubens

There would be a time to call the music. Time to summon the souls. — Victoria Schwab

You have to look closely to see clearly. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Unfortunately, now in boxing people are only allowed to punch. In Judo, people are only allowed to throw. I do not despise these kinds of martial arts. What I mean is, we now find rigid forms which create differences among clans, and the world of martial art is shattered as a result. — Bruce Lee

These investigators, too, concluded that differences in cancer rates could be explained by differences in fat consumption and animal-fat consumption, particularly between Japan and the United States. They did not serve science well by ignoring sugar consumption and the difference between refined and unrefined carbohydrates. — Gary Taubes

One finds nobility in the oddest places. — Cassandra Clare