Journalisten Forum Quotes & Sayings

The medieval doctors of divinity who did not pretend to settle how many angels could dance on the point of a needle cut a very poor figure as far as romantic credulity is concerned beside the modern physicists who have settled to the billionth of a millimetre every movement and position in the dance of the electrons. Not for worlds would I question the precise accuracy of these calculations or the existence of electrons (whatever they may be). The fate of Joan is a warning to me against such heresy. — George Bernard Shaw

I know we are raised to believe that our lives are defined by being chosen or not being chosen, but I'm starting to think there's another truth we're missing — Rachelle Dekker

As long as God is a man, not a couple, the life of a woman, according to Hanna,is bound to remain as it is now, namely wretched, with woman as the proletarian of Creation, however smartly dressed. — Max Frisch

The destiny of man is not measured by material computations. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we're spirits - not animals ... . There's something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty. — Ronald Reagan

Trying to live without community is like trying to live without oxygen. We weren't created to do it. — Jefferson Bethke

The answer is, I chose to seek my fortune. Failed. Lost all. Then got a fortune I had not ever looked for. Lost it though. Got it back. Lost it. Got another - the story is somewhat repetitious. — Neal Stephenson

I don't know how old my phone is, but it was only $10. It is a nice subconscious way of not having the Internet at your fingertips ... e-mail, Twitter or Facebook. — Andrew Luck

Humans disgust me. Vile creatures. — William Regal

Piercing my eyes with a look so convincing he could tell me to jump off Agnimar Cliff and my only question would be
Should I go head- or feetfirst? — Holly Bodger

The perfect knowledge of events cannot be acquired without divine inspiration, since all prophetic inspiration receives its prime motivating force from God the creator, then from good fortune and nature. — Nostradamus

We all have a purpose, or calling. If it's greed, hence, lies the wrong path. — David Fredette

Believe while others are doubting. — William Arthur Ward

What you leave at your death, let it be without controversy, else the lawyers will be your heirs. — Frances Osborne

At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book - that string of confused, alien ciphers - shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader. — Alberto Manguel

I don't know how to do a show not in front of a live audience. — Bob Newhart