Iqst Quotes & Sayings

Propaganda was an important arm of the Soviet diplomacy, very important. — Alexander Haig

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal. — Gertrude Stein

The absence of utopianism in the Constitution, law, and traditional political culture has been ... important in limiting expectations concerning what can be achieved by politics. The history of the last two centuries confirms what the framers of the Constitution understood: that the perfect is the enemy of the good, and the search for unalloyed virtue in public life leads to unalloyed terror. — Jeane Kirkpatrick

Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence. — Robertson Davies

It seems that we had ... not a better education, per se, but perhaps more incentive to use it. They learn, but they hardly think. — Ilona Andrews

My grandmother was this amazing woman in the Dominican Republic who used to read tea leaves and palms. She would cure people in her neighborhood by going into her garden, plucking a couple of leaves, and brewing teas. — Selenis Leyva

A truly religious man does not embrace a religion; and he who embraces one has no religion. — Kahlil Gibran

I don't have to shoot from more than two feet. I'm top 50. I've got 23,000 from where I shoot. — Shaquille O'Neal

If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger. — Donald Rumsfeld

The L.A. theater scene is very different. The perception has been that people who love theater do theater in New York. The people who want to be discovered do theater on the side in L.A. But there are people who are very dedicated to theater who love theater in L.A. — Tracie Thoms

Things are because we see them, and what we see, and how we see it, depends on the Arts that influenced us. To look at a thing is very different from seeing a thing. One does not see anything until one sees its beauty. Then, and then only, does it comes into existence. — Oscar Wilde

You never want your second act or the whole movie to just be this relentless march towards its goal. You want things to take the audience by surprise. — Michael Arndt

We aren't supposed to strive for perfection everyday. If we were perfect, we'd have no need for Jesus. And it's through our imperfections that we really feel the pull toward our need for a Savior. So the imperfections serve a wonderful purpose if we'll let them. — Lysa TerKeurst

The reason why we do maths is because it's like poetry. It's about patterns, and that really turned me on. It made me feel that maths was in tune with the other things I liked doing. — Marcus Du Sautoy