Kalista Guide Quotes & Sayings

Political change and academic change and intellectual change are obviously crucial, but they don't necessarily change society. They can change a particular class and give everybody in that class great arguments, but that doesn't necessarily translate into the body of the culture. — Eve Ensler

I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher conferences, and I'm slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. There's nothing that I'm too scared to have a go at. — Emily Mortimer

Should the poor be flattered? No; let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, and crook the pregnant hinges of the knee where thrift may follow fawning. — William Shakespeare

I don't really like discussions about a supposed Russian national character. — Garry Kasparov

The water near me stirred and then a Sharkface rose up out of it as if on an elevator, slow, his mouth tilted up into a small smile. He stood there on the water perhaps five feet away from me. His eyeless face looked smug.
"Warden," he said.
"Asshat," I replied. — Jim Butcher

In the history of science it has often happened that the majority was wrong and refused to listen to a minority that later turned out to be right. — Freeman Dyson

Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell. — Alanis Morissette

A woman's scorn has been the downfall of a goodly number of men and the cause of many a conflict. — Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Improvise when obstacles present themselves. Happy accidents are magic! Have an open mind. — Matthew Bonifacio

Do you feel for the man hungry enough to steal?" Commander Ga asked as they drove by. "Or for the men who must hunt him down?"
"Isn't it the bird who suffers?" Sun Moon asked. — Adam Johnson