Krassenstein Brothers Quotes & Sayings

There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion. — Henry Ward Beecher

When the [colonial] contact was violent, in fact, failure was more frequent than success. 'Colonialism' may have triumphed in the past: but today it is an obvious fiasco. And colonialism, typically, is the submergence of one civilisation by another. The conqured always submit to the stronger; but their submission is merely provisional when civilisations clash.
Long periods of enforced coexistence may include concessions or agreements and important, often fruitful, cultural exchange. But the process always has its limits. — Fernand Braudel

I shall be as brief as I can, for it is not by piling up detail that I hope to achieve my picture, but by putting the emphasis where I think it belongs. — Robertson Davies

Pure Christianity, instead of being shaped by its environment, actually stands in sharp opposition to it. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

If people don't like the trailer, then blame it on the people who made the trailer. — Michel Gondry

Those who have no real virtue within but outwardly rely on flowery cleverness are like leaky boats brightly painted - if you put manikins in them and set them on dry ground they look all right, but once they go into the rivers and lakes, into the wind and waves, are they not in danger? — Shambhala Publications

Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive to the least powerful in our society. — Paul Simon

It has always appalled me that really bright scientists almost all work in
the most competitive fields, the ones in which they are making the least
difference. In other words, if they were hit by a truck, the same
discovery would be made by somebody else about 10 minutes later. — Aubrey De Grey

I can dance for, like, four or five hours nonstop without even drinking water. It's a beautiful, beautiful thing. — Petra Nemcova

If you worry less about what people think of you, you can pick up an astonishing amount of information about them. You no longer leave conversations wondering what just happened. Other people's minds and motives are finally revealed. — Pamela Druckerman

I can feel you;
In my thoughts, in my words and in my deeds. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find. — James Stephens

But you cannot go through the Door of Destiny without passing through the Hall of Haters. — T.D. Jakes

In games, we know who has won ... You get the reinforcement for having played well. — Michael A. Stackpole

The desire to impress is an efficient means of bringing out one's least impressive qualities. — Derren Brown