Jordens Befolkning Quotes & Sayings

War, and the preparation for war, are the two greatest obstacles to human progress, fostering a vicious cycle of arms buildups, violence and poverty. — Oscar Arias

He wanted pure compliments, just as he wanted unconditional love. — Alan Hollinghurst

The last begonias wilting in the chalet's hanging baskets laced the air with a lemon and cinnamon fragrance. — Stephen Lloyd Jones

The old line 'You deserve someone better than me' in this case was not just an old line. She deserved someone who would love her and take care of her and he knew he never would. — Norris Church Mailer

His weakness was his belief that evil had boundaries. — Erik Larson

This was the time in her life that she fell upon books as the only door out of her cell. They became half her world. — Michael Ondaatje

Birth is to celebrate, death is to mourn - Menu 8 (Death: Loved Ones!) — Santosh Avvannavar

When I was 14, I played in a summer league. One night the chief umpire asked me if I would like to try umpiring. There was a Little League tournament coming up and he needed more umpires than he had. — Jim Evans

That sounds perfectly reasonable ... he said in a reassuring tone of voice, wondering who he was trying to reassure. — Douglas Adams

How many no's am I willing to accept on my way to success? — Tom Hopkins

One can live without candy, but one cannot live without bullets. — Kim Jong Il

I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth. — Roone Arledge

English dramatic literature is, of course, dominated by Shakespeare; and it is almost inevitable that an English reader should measure the value of other poetic drama by the standards which Shakespeare has already implanted in his mind. — Lytton Strachey

Babs, for all her power, has yet to catch me at it, this thing I call chasing the smash. — Ashley Prentice Norton