Kalamata Olive Recipes Quotes & Sayings

In our heads we're all about 33 years old. — Douglas Coupland

For decades afterwards, I punished myself with images of Sofia standing
naked in the snow, shivering, clutching a chunk of cement that a guard had told her was soap, in the worst winter Poland has ever known. But as I stared at the empty train tracks and thought of the stationmaster making the schoolyard slash across his throat, I had no idea what he was talking about. I could not have conjured up the kind of man who would be willing to design an oven that would be economically fueled by the fat of the men, women and children it was burning. I would not have believed that these same engineers would find other men willing to carry out their monstrous plans. I, too, would have dismissed it as propaganda, that one kind of human being could industriously collect and kill six million of another kind of human being. Somewhere along the line, there would have to be someone who said no.
Forgive me, Sofia. Forgive me, Isaiah. I did not know. — Helen Maryles Shankman

It looks like President Bush will be handing over power to the Iraqis by June 30th. That's amazing and not only that, but it looks like he'll be handing over power to the Democrats by November 2nd. — David Letterman

A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world. — Nazr Mohammed

There must be protection of the external borders. — Francois Hollande

Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore. — Thomas Campion

I come to a world of iron to make a world of gold. — Cervantes

I love art and I find myself at the MoMA all the time. Museums are a real refuge for me. I go to a museum for any break that I have, and I'm very inspired by art. — Susan Stroman

Learning to explain phenomena such that one continues to be fascinated by the failure of one's explanations creates a continuing cycle of thinking, that is the crux of intelligence. It isn't that one person knows more than another, then. In as sense, it is important to know less than the next person, or at least to be certain of less, thus enabling more curiosity and less explaining away because one has again encountered a well-known phenomenon. The less you know the more you can find out about, and finding out for oneself is what intelligence is all about. — Roger Schank

I don't like doing movies that are meaningless or unrealistic. I like things with a lot of reality to them. I'm a pretty serious kind of person myself. Things affect me. — Ricky Schroder

Authors need to decide if they want to keep forever to themselves, or share forever with a publisher who takes over half the cover price. — J.A. Konrath

Doesn't every kid want to dig a hold to China? Didn't you?
What about Chinese children? — Louis Sachar

When I walked down the streets, I asked myself, are these my people?, is this my hometown, am I who I am? — Azar Nafisi