Janissaries And Devshirme Quotes & Sayings

All the stories give unique inspiration. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Increasingly we live in a world of concrete, tarmac, television, and computer screens. These are great mechanical and electronic constructs of the human intellect--but they blot out our view of the rising and setting sun and keep our feet from being grounded in the earth, which in many cultures is a sacred act of communion — Martin Lockley

You try to stay within the rules for the sake of the game, but you can always turn up the intensity. — Lawrence Taylor

You don't have any claim on the money, and there's no proof I ever saw or touched or spent a dollar of it. You want to take me to court?"
"You're in court right now," Parker said. — Richard Stark

In some situations, if you say nothing, you are called dull; if you talk, you are thought impertinent and arrogant. It is hard to know what to do in this case. The question seems to be, whether your vanity or your prudence predominates. — William Hazlitt

Here is a semi-transparent pebble I picked up on the way to my EKG. Probably worthless but it is my heart so take it. — Dean Young

The stream of praying cannot rise higher than the fountain of living. — Edward McKendree Bounds

They call it 'surfing' the net. It's not surfing. It's typing in your bedroom — Jack Dee

In this century, we are about to enter interplanetary civilization.
In order to survive, we need to go beyond neoclassical economics definition.
We define it as interplanomics. — Toba Beta

The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed. — Jacques-Yves Cousteau

We all must serve the Lord in whatsoever capacity He has called us to serve — Sunday Adelaja