Kalervo V N Nen Quotes & Sayings

Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men are caught by it as fish by a hook. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

When I was young, most teachers of philosophy in British and American universities were Hegelians, so that, until I read Hegel, I supposed there must be some truth to his system; I was cured, however, by discovering that everything he said on the philosophy of mathematics was plain nonsense. — Bertrand Russell

I don't think literature will be purged until its philosophic pretentiousness is extruded, and I shant live to see that purge, nor perhaps when it has happened will anything survive. — E. M. Forster

Before there were books, we read each other. — Lisa Cron

We look at the Ark of the Covenant and remember who we are. — Geraldine Brooks

I was thinking of my patients, and how the worst moment for them was when they discovered they were masters of their own fate. It was not a matter of bad or good luck. When they could no longer blame fate, they were in despair. — Anais Nin

Jace's ears were ringing with a harsh, tinny sound. He felt dizzy. "Even Valentine," he said, "even Valentine would never do that - " "Please," said Sebastian. "Do you really think my father won't go through with what he's planned?" "Our father," Jace said. Sebastian glanced down at him. His hair was a white halo; he looked like the sort of bad angel who might have followed Lucifer out of heaven. "Pardon me," he said, with some amusement. "Are you praying?" "No. I said our father. I meant Valentine. Not your father. Ours." For — Cassandra Clare

We receive our nourishment from the Mother Earth. So we should put our hands together in an attitude of prayer and say "please" and "thank you" when dealing with nature. — Masanobu Fukuoka

The bathing suits they had me wear on Baywatch were all one-pieces, which kill my figure. — Nicole Eggert

I like studios. I just don't like bureaucracies. — David Fincher

Our people do not want barren theories from their democracy. Maury Maverick has expressed very quaintly, but clearly, what they really want when he says: 'We Americans want to talk, pray, think as we please and eat regular'. — Robert H. Jackson

In Writing: be attentive enough to detail to spell the person's name correctly. My name is misspelled all the time; Ramsay with an AY, not an EY. It's not much of a personal follow-up if the recipient feels insignificant. — Beth Ramsay