Istina Quotes & Sayings

It's easy to get sidetracked with thoughts that involve much money and precious things, but before you launch into that mode, reason well. — Auliq Ice

Governments are a necessary evil. Just because something is necessary doesn't mean you should pretend that it is a good thing. Governments cannot do good, it is against their nature; it is beyond their ability; so curb them and curb the evil that they do. — Chris Northern

This country will kill you in a heartbeat and still people love it. — Cormac McCarthy

Men have sometimes exchanged names with their friends, as if they would signify that in their friend each loved his own soul. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Perhaps concentrated wealth will inspire a nation of innovative problem-solvers. But if the view of many economists is right - that it sometimes discourages innovation - then we should worry. — Adam Davidson

One writer may speak of something more lasting than Horace Greeley when he writes of that editor that his secular philanthropy drifted into autocratic ambition. — Harold Holzer

As a divorced man, I can say from experience that there may come a time when a couple decides it is best to live separate lives: where you have different dreams and are no longer willing to make sacrifices to achieve the other's goal. — Carlos Wallace

Doggedness in art is no substitute for inspiration. — Benjamin Wood

I'm surprised you haven't cried foul before. I won a hundred and twenty-three games in a row. You had to know something wasn't right." Her eyes narrowed. "You've been cheating?" "Of course," he said. "Come on. You really think I play fair? If I want something, I get it. I told you - I make all the rules here." "You . . . you . . . you. . ." Anger clouded her expression. "You asshole!" Lucifer's eyes widened. "Tell me how you really feel, angel. — J.M. Darhower

We sat around one night and thought that people are going to look back and say, I can't imagine there was a lot of excitement about HER going up! — Christa McAuliffe

In New York, the European starling - now a ubiquitous avian pest from Alaska to Mexico - was introduced because someone thought the city would be more cultured if Central Park were home to each bird mentioned in Shakespeare. — Alan Weisman

I'm from the generation that had the boys' door and the girls' door when you went to school, and you got in big trouble if you went in the wrong one. — Margaret Atwood