Kenui Quilts Quotes & Sayings

Whatever the price of the Chinese Revolution, it has obviously succeeded not only in producing more efficient and dedicated administration, but also in fostering high morale and community of purpose. The social experiment in China under Chairman Mao's leadership is one of the most important and successful in human history. — David Rockefeller

Don't ever ask me again if I hate living anywhere with you and Jasmina. This Rock reminds me of the boy I was and being with you in the palace reminds me of the man I want to be.'
'Not just any man,' she whispered. 'A King. Mine. — Melina Marchetta

I suppose it would be better if one were aggressive, contentious and so on. But there's rarely any occasion to be savage. — Frank Kermode

... the designation of wife in India, of the Hindu wife, is higher and grander than that of Empress. She is called Devi — Virchand Gandhi

I've come for one of your lasses," Sinclair said again. "A maid - she must be a virgin."
Donal folded his arms over his chest. "What for? Pagan sacrifice? — Lecia Cornwall

There are few people who define the word, 'rock star' better than U2's Bono. He's revered the world over not just for leading one of the biggest bands ever, but for his very public work on behalf of the underprivileged in Africa. — Daryn Kagan

Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into. — Lee Child

I'm trying to make order out of chaos, trying to find some way of rationalising the horrific things that people do or the way the world is. — Chuck Palahniuk

That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou seest the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west,
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.
In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
As the death-bed whereon it must expire
Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by.
This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long. — William Shakespeare

There is nothing more savage than modern civilization. — Bryant McGill

Science [is] that wonderfully convenient personification of the opinions, at a certain date, of Professors X, Y, and Z ... — Aldous Huxley

The chief objection to playing wind instruments is that it prolongs the life of the player. — George Bernard Shaw

We must leave this terrifying place to-morrow and go searching for sunshine. — F Scott Fitzgerald