Iphigenia And Other Daughters Quotes & Sayings

May my living be grace to those behind me. — N.D. Wilson

Our work is directly proportional to the distances our dreams travel across, as force (power) is a constant factor — Israelmore Ayivor

From my earliest youth, I have known that while one is obliged to plan with care the stages of one's journey, one is entitled to dream, and keep dreaming, of its destination. — Shimon Peres

The engineer and historian of engineering Henry Petroski presents a very elegant point. Had the Titanic not had that famous accident, as fatal as it was, we would have kept building larger and larger ocean liners and the next disaster would have been even more tragic. So the people who perished were sacrificed for the greater good; they unarguably saved more lives than were lost. The story of the Titanic illustrates the difference between gains for the system and harm to some of its individual parts. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Lovemaking surely must be, for human beings at our present state of development, one of the more private enterprises. Who would want a witness to that entire self-abandonment and helplessness? — Katherine Anne Porter

I am president and do not have the right to give in to emotions. I have bad moods, very bad moods, but I never feel despair. — Dmitry Medvedev

Whatever God would want me to do ... love each other and help others. I want to add, not take away. — Donna Douglas

Joaquin was almost ten years older than me, born in Philadelphia, and possessed a swagger that seemed unearned, considering he was wearing a FUCKING FEDORA. — Lena Dunham

The pinpoints of starlight we see with the naked eye are photons that have been streaming toward us for a few years or a few thousand. — Brian Greene

While food makes us live, stories are what make our lives worth living. — Richard Kearney

It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a decline. — Eberhard Weber

Caretaking is different from care giving. Care giving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached. It cannot be manipulated or discouraged because love cannot be manipulated or discouraged. — Gary Zukav

As self-knowledge develops, we begin to care more about what we think and less about what others ask of us. We — Charles Hayes