Kajanja By Karitas Quotes & Sayings

The swift years slip and slide adown the steep; The slow years pass; neither will come again. — William Sharp

The authority of the prince," said Artaxerxes, "must be defended by a military force; that force can only be maintained by taxes; all taxes must, at last, fall upon agriculture; and agriculture can never flourish except under the protection of justice and moderation." ^55 — Edward Gibbon

I was definitely a thespian of sorts in elementary school. I went to a real small private school, and every year, I participated in the talent shows and the school plays - all of 'em. — Ariel Pink

Humans aren't meant to look back. Or else we'd be able to turn our heads in a 180, just like an owl. — Jude Watson

It is most impossible that we should beseech mercy and grace, and not have it. — Julian Of Norwich

Are we really celebrating the troops, or are we exploiting them? Using them to make football and the NFL seem as patriotic, as all-American as the troops who actually fight and die for us? — Johnny Anonymous

He looks at me. His face is dotted with raindrops but I think there are tears too.
'I love her. I always have. You know that.'
'And me?'
And I known he means how I feel about him and me kissing him.
'You're my friend, Gabriel.'
'Do you kiss all your friends like that?' But he asks it without the harshness of his other questions. It's a real question.
'Just you. — Sally Green

Nobody knows what an idea will do when it goes off to entertain itself, particularly if the idea comes from a sinister villain. — Lemony Snicket

Know that when you praise and worship God and appreciate fully all that He is, you open up a channel through which more of His love pours into your heart. — Stormie O'martian

I grew up with Frank Sinatra and it has taken me a long time to get to a place where I really enjoy [U2's] music. — Ali Hewson

But it is an inescapable conclusion that life has to be dynamic and not static. Change is bound to come one way or another. — John Wyndham

Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice. — John Rawls

Played out over time, the differences in growth and middle-class prosperity between countries that have decreased incentives (through increased income redistribution) and those that have not are startling. Look at the differences between Europe and the U.S.; East and West Germany; and Communist China versus Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China today. There are enormous and compounding costs to dulling incentives for entrepreneurial risk-taking with few, if any, exceptions. — Edward Conard