Kortes St Quotes & Sayings

For the public, it seemed, preferred to believe that which disturbed it least and to ignore troublesome information. Which is a failing common to all nations. — M.M. Kaye

It was November
the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines. Anne roamed through the pineland alleys in the park and, as she said, let that great sweeping wind blow the fogs out of her soul. — L.M. Montgomery

Don't be intimidated and at the same time don't intimidate. — Archibald Marwizi

Hope isn't destiny. Left passive its nothing more than disappointment deferred — Bill Willingham

Had he already inspired a passion in some stranger's heart? — Edmund White

Similarly, Haynes (1998, viii) notes that many professional translators, and their organizations, remain remarkably uninformed with regards to the progress made in translation technology. He goes on to observe that many are so largely unenthusiastic about it - with attitudes lying somewhere between skeptical and scathing - their very ignorance seeming to contribute to their fear that their jobs will be threatened by this technology. — Lynne Bowker

One of the most troublesome things in life is that what you do or do not want has very little to do with what does or does not happen. — Lemony Snicket

There is even a certain tendency to punish those who do try to see. A case in point: At the dawn of the sexual revolution, social scientists produced statistical studies purporting to show that children are better off when quarreling parents divorce, that broken homes are just as functional as intact ones, and that cohabitation has no influence on the stability of a subsequent marriage. As anyone conversant with the field now knows, newer and more careful studies show all that to be wildly false. A young, untenured family sociologist whom I know used to circulate the results of these new studies secretly among other scholars. But he asked me and his other friends never to mention his name. Why? Because calling the mirage a mirage is a good way to end a career. — J. Budziszewski

When we say something, our subjective intention or situation is always involved. So there is no perfect word; some distortion is always present in a statement. — Shunryu Suzuki