L Ne Nigula Vald Quotes & Sayings

Empathy is the greatest virtue. From it, all virtues flow. Without it, all virtues are an act. — Eric Zorn

Dune was really my first Hollywood job. It was such a small part, but I opened the movie. I was about 19 years old and I had to make this speech, and I didn't understand most of the words because they were, you know, words from Dune. — Virginia Madsen

The wild force of genius has often been fated by Nature to be finally overcome by quiet strength. The volcano sends up its red bolt with terrific force, as if it would strike the stars; but the calm, resistless hand of gravitation seizes it and brings it to the earth. — Peter Bayne

The fears of recession in the aftermath of Black Monday have turned to fears of the economy racing ahead too fast, with inflation edging up and a substantial current account deficit ... people understandably feel more confident about their future than they've done for decades, but as a result they have been borrowing more and saving less ... coming on top of a massive income investment boom, it's all been just a bit too much of a good thing. — Nigel Lawson

Over here you'll see San Fran is also host to a wide variety of exotic animals. Many find our streets to be like a modern rain forest," she says, indicating a flock of flea-ridden pigeons pecking leftovers off a bum sleeping on the curb. — Sarah Noffke

One's destruction is never a place, but rather a new way of seeing things. (Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymous Bosch) — Henry Miller

The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa. — John Henrik Clarke

Curiosity breeds discovery. — Joanne Owen

Any country on the face of the Earth with an active intelligence program knows that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. — Donald Rumsfeld

It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future. — Frank Herbert

Much of my crying is for joy and wonder rather than for pain. A trumpet's wailing, a wind's warm breath, the chink of a bell on an errant lamb, the smoke from a candle just spent, first light, twilight, firelight. Everyday beauty. I cry for how life intoxicates. And maybe just a little for how swiftly it runs. — Marlena De Blasi

The bottom line is, if you're not the one controlling your learning, you're not going to learn as well. — Sugata Mitra

We are sick of war, we don't want to fight, And yet we gorge ourselves upon the dead. — George Bernard Shaw