Leichhardt Library Quotes & Sayings

Some people work to have a weekend and so on the weekend they genuinely don't think about anything apart from the fact that they're on their weekend. Some people are like that so maybe some people would be like, "Yeah that'd be great. Take away my anxiety and give me a nice lounge chair." But I would be so not interested in that. — Kristen Stewart

All we need to do, reader or writer, from first line to final page, is be as open as a book, and be alive to the life in language - on all its levels. — Ali Smith

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil. — Walter Lippmann

Torture is senseless violence, born in fear ... torture costs human lives but does not save them. We would almost be too lucky if these crimes were the work of savages: the truth is that torture makes torturers. — Jean-Paul Sartre

It is perhaps the simplicity of his affection, the patience of his understanding and loyalty that makes him too easy to love, for his love is taken for granted by many, who give back nothing in return. — Claire North

The problem is not in being sinners, the problem is when we don't let ourselves be transformed in love by the encounter with Christ. — Pope Francis

Love is such an objective thing. I mean, I can say I love my family, or I love my Diet Coke. So I guess, in different ways, yeah, I do believe in love. — Emilie De Ravin

Work hard to foster high levels of trust across the organization by stifling political battles, encouraging high-status people to admit and learn from mistakes, and not blaming or punishing those who come forward for help after good-effort failures. Create opportunities and spaces for people across disciplines and functions to interact informally and frequently. And use meetings or training sessions to teach people throughout the organization how to seek, find, give, and receive help effectively. — Anonymous

Family is 100 per cent my top priority. — Isla Fisher

I was a bit of a show-off in school and loved playing dress-up, and my passion for it just grew as I got older. — Jai Courtney

And who you are isn't already cast in everyone's eyes. No one knows what to expect from you. Some would say society's in a rut. Stagnant. By virtue of being new, you have the power to shake us out of that. — Jodi Meadows

Lots of men hate women now-a-days ... It was a man-made world, and now we're asking to go shares in the making. — Phyllis Bottome

Our health relies entirely on the vitality of our fellow species on Earth. — Harrison Ford

It's very important to try to inculcate into children moral rules, such as "do as you would be done by." — Richard Dawkins