Karalevski Quotes & Sayings

The band may be small in terms of numbers with only two members, but Halifax rockers The Town Heroes are mighty in sound. — Ken Kelly

I'm a one-woman man. Pretty much. — Robert Cray

It was that feeling that she had had walking along beside him that put the notion in her mind. It comes from being alone too much. Things matter that wouldn't if you had a regular life. — Marilynne Robinson

Is this Paradise?'
'I can guarantee you that it isn't,' Jubal assured him. 'My taxes are due this week. — Robert A. Heinlein

I could doubt the value of my books as much as many do, except that, as a researcher and very curious person, I do read a lot too, and can clearly see the difference in value between what I do and what others do. I have no doubt that my books have much more value than nearly all others out there, and it wouldn't make sense for me to be an author if I couldn't see that, or if I saw the opposite, as I believe that, if we're not upgrading mankind, we're just making it lost and vulnerable to the claws of ignorance. — Robin Sacredfire

Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up. — Sharon Olds

I've always been sort of a closet sci-fi geek. — Rachel Cohn

I am humiliated in my need, even to myself. — Hope Jahren

As a child crawls up into his daddy's lap, we too can climb into our Father's arms and tell Him all that is in our hearts. — Bill Bright

Of what significance is one's existence, one is basically unaware. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life? The bitter and the sweet come from outside. The hard from within, from one's own efforts. For the most part I do what my own nature drives me to do. It is embarrassing to earn such respect and love for it. — Albert Einstein

Boko Haram represents the ultimate Fatwa of our time. The question is does the sect's Fatwa represent the articulated position of the majority of Muslims in this nation? My reading over the last few years is an unambiguous no. We are undergoing an affliction that many could not have imagined about a decade ago. Let us confront the ultimate horror now. To remain inactive at this moment is to betray our children and to consolidate the ongoing crimes against our humanity. We must take the battle to the enemy ... We sent our children to school; we must bring them back to school. — Wole Soyinka

My dilemma is that of the civil servant. If a civil servant takes an initiative and things go right with it, he cannot, in the nature of his employment, look for much in the way of reward; whereas if his initiative goes wrong, he can expect all kinds of trouble, everything from reprimand to blocked promotion, and a permanent black mark against his name in the files. It is accepted, therefore, that the way to advance in the civil service, or in any field where civil service conditions prevail, is never take an initiative and never to support anyone else's. It is inevitable that this should be so. — Robert Aickman