Kendimiz Olmak Quotes & Sayings

Religion is the most fragile of all freedoms. And that's because it is the most threatening to those in power. — Eric Metaxas

I am convinced that floods of personal disaster can never drown a determined revolutionary nor can the cumulus of misery that accompanies tragedy suffocate him. — Nelson Mandela

To the Greeks [the Macedonians] were uncouth, semi-civilized barbarians. The Macedonians for their part despised the Greeks as effete, wishy-washy Greeklings. Both regarded the Thracians as scarcely capable of walking on their hind legs. — Nicholas Sekunda

Like Connor, Alex protected me -and he was the only person I let close enough to do it. Like Connor, Alex could finish my sentences before I did. But unlike Connor, for whom I had ultimately come too late, I was just in time to take care of Alex. — Jodi Picoult

There's always a but.
It's a magical word. You can say anything you want, go on for as long as you want, and then all you have to do is add the magic word and instantly everything you said is erased, turned meaningless, just like that.
You're a really nice guy ...
Your mother thinks you need a new computer ...
You've been working harder in class ...
But.
You keep looking at Mr. Nagle as he explains how a few zero homework grades really knock down your average. You nod, and you're thinking that everything he is saying is true.
You are smarter than this.
You could be getting all As.
You could be on the High Honor Roll.
And that if you don't straighten up soon, you won't get into college.
You won't be able to find a decent job.
You won't amount to anything.
And you know it's all true.
But. — Charles Benoit

When it's working, what acting is really about is getting into the essence of a moment in a creative, joyous way - through whatever frees you up. — Lili Taylor

To confound the tyranny of man there should exist for a century a third sex, both male and female, and stronger than men. This new sex would prove with the lash that men as well as women are made for its pleasure; and then you would hear men protesting against the tyranny of the hermaphrodite sex and admitting that strength should not be the sole rule of right. Just why do they refuse to grant the women the independence which they would demand from the third sex? — Charles Fourier

Good NCOs are not just born-they are groomed and grown through a lot of hard work and strong leadership by senior NCOs. — William A. Connelly

Let me lie down, Lord, like a stone; let me rise up like new bread. — Leo Tolstoy

To allow your Spirit to manifest, you have to understand Its nature. Spirit can never be aggressive, can never dominate. It respects the freedom of another person because It's a free being. — Nirmala Srivastava

I don't mind my wife having to last word. In fact I'm delighted when she reaches it. — Walter Matthau

(The enigma of trade is that it can make a whole country richer and yet most of its people poorer.) — Dean Baker

I'm probably one of the most competitive people ever. — Kyrie Irving

If I think something's a waste of time or inappropriate I don't wait to point it out. I say it right away. It's real time. So you might hear me say 'That's the dumbest idea I have ever heard' many times during a meeting. — Bill Gates