Irenka Stojakovic Quotes & Sayings

You want to do your job well so that people in the future say, 'OK, he's not bad, let's hire him.' — Javier Bardem

All my life I have struggled to make one authentic gesture ... — Isadora Duncan

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of conscientious conviction or of national welfare. — Theodore Roosevelt

But the greatest cause of verbicide is the fact that most people are obviously far more anxious to express their approval and disapproval of things than to describe them. Hence the tendency of words to become less descriptive and more evaluative; then become evaluative, while still retaining some hint of the sort of goodness or badness implied; and to end up by being purely evaluative
useless synonyms for good or for bad. — C.S. Lewis

The Soviet state was, in fact, almost perfectly designed to make people unhappy. It denied its citizens not just hope, but also trust. Every activity had to be sanctioned by the state. Any person could be an informant. No action could be guaranteed to be without consequence. Father Dmitry preached friendship and warmth and belief to his parishioners, and inspired a generation to live as humans and not as parts of a machine. — Oliver Bullough

Wanderer, you are distraught; Be calm. Our
glorious King cannot admit
All comers to His court; it is not fit
That every rascal who sleeps out the night
Should be allowed to glimpse its radiant light.
Most are turned back, and few perceive the throne;
Among a hundred thousand there is one. — Farid Al-Din Attar

Beware the seduction of the quick conclusion. Do not indulge in the answer you desire until you know all you need to know. — Anthony Ryan

I can't stand Paris. I hate the place. Full of people talking French — P.G. Wodehouse

If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality. — Lincoln Steffens

Give them back! Give my tears back, right now - with interest!! — Natsuki Takaya

My family are observant Muslims, but I've come to the faith through an intellectual conviction, and that's something that they've taught me. It's never been forced upon me. They've given me a very strong identity as an Australian Muslim. — Randa Abdel-Fattah