Kopelevich Peter Quotes & Sayings

Practically anything you read or hear about racism, sexism, and homophobia is cant. — John Derbyshire

The world is full of what seem like intractable problems. Often we let that paralyze us. Instead, let is spur you to action. There are some people in the world that we can't help, but there are so many more that we can. So when you see a mother and her children suffering in another part of the world, don't look away. Look right at them. Let them break your heart, then let your empathy and your talents help you make a difference in the lives of others. Whether you volunteer every week or just a few times a year, your time and unique skills are invaluable. — Melinda Gates

Keep your head up and smile, because someone somewhere wants to see you fail. — Burnell Taylor

By the 1980's and 1990's, Moore's Law had emerged as the underlying assumption that governed almost everything in the Valley, from technology to business, education, and even culture. The "law" said the number of transistors would double every couple of years. It dictated that nothing stays the same for more than a moment; no technology is safe from its successor; costs fall and computing power increases not at a constant rate but exponentially: If you're not running on what became known as " Internet time," you're falling behind. — John Markoff

Cooking is the most succulent of human pleasures. — Sylvia Townsend Warner

128We want both, to burn it down and be no one and to be recognized by the dog on the daily walk up the drive from work and we get both but never exactly when and how we imagined it. — Rebecca Solnit

Start each day in my peace and stillness, then you can go forth and face whatever the day may bring in perfect peace and joy. — Eileen Caddy

The delight of populists and the horror of the European Union, Switzerland voted in favour of quotas for EU migrants. — Anonymous

I don't want to do just a liberal show. — Joy Behar

She had been his talisman, his cure for the insecurities and worries that he knew deep down didn't really matter, but somehow had always managed to get the best of him. — Erik Tomblin

Never educate a child to be a gentleman or lady alone, but to be a man, a woman. — Herbert Spencer

I wish those people who write so glibly about this being a holy War, and the orators who talk so much about going on no matter how long the War lasts and what it may mean, could see a case
to say nothing of 10 cases
of mustard gas in its early stages
could see the poor things burnt and blistered all over with great mustard-coloured suppurating blisters, with blind eyes
sometimes temporally, sometimes permanently
all sticky and stuck together, and always fighting for breath, with voices a mere whisper, saying that their throats are closing and they know they will choke. — Vera Brittain

We waited on the plaza
while the band wondered what to play
at a time like this - something
to console or wake the world,
or simply to please themselves. — Ron Slate

The way you're smiling a little makes me think maybe you wouldn't mind an older man. — Jessica Hawkins