Irreductiblemente Quotes & Sayings

The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule. — Bram Stoker

The brink of insanity wasn't for wussies. — Cecy Robson

Without a narrative, life has no meaning. Without meaning, learning has no purpose. Without a purpose, schools are houses of detention, not attention. — Neil Postman

I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd wanted children, it would have been difficult. — Jeanette Winterson

One of the symptoms of a declining social order is that its members have to give most of their time to politics, rather than to the real tasks of economic production, in an attempt to patch up the cracks already appearing from the 'inner contradictions' of such a system. — Bernard Crick

On the eighth day, the forty-year-old hobo said to Billy: "This ain't bad. I can be comfortable anywhere."
"You can?" said Billy.
On the ninth day the hobo died. So it goes. His last words were: "You think this is bad? This ain't bad. — Kurt Vonnegut

A journal is a record of experiences and growth, not a preserve of things well done or said. — Henry David Thoreau

Enter with the torch in the stadium. 80,000 people screaming. I was waiting downstairs for the start for 10 hours; I was so tired with the torch. I give the torch to the combined ski cross country that they win gold in Lillehammer in 1994. — Alberto Tomba

I really do feel like I'm in better shape and look better now - even after having three kids - than I did before. — Candace Cameron Bure

How do I tell Sophie that sometimes it's not strangers that prey on us; it's those we love who can do the most harm? — Jodi Picoult

For years I kept a sign on my desk that helped me maintain the right perspective concerning yesterday. It simply said, 'yesterday ended last night.' It reminded me that no matter how badly I might have failed in the past, it's done, and today is a new day. — John C. Maxwell