Leningrads Quotes & Sayings

The poet doesn't invent. He listens. — Jean Cocteau

A combination of very rapid population growth over the last 50 years and reckless economic growth during the same time has stored up massive problems for societies the world over. No nation is immune. The scientific evidence tells us all we need to know: carry on with business-as-usual growth-at-all-costs, and we're stuffed — Jonathon Porritt

As people used to say, "What the heart loves is the cure." The cure for healing the wounds and conflicts between faiths and systems of belief involves awakening to the unique ways that each heart carries devotion and love. When followed far enough, simple belief can transform into wisdom; raw passions can become a greater compassion that trusts what resides in one's heart and even in the hearts of others. Until the heart opens and the eyes begin to see there is always the danger of blindness and narrowness and the tendency to hold onto narrow ways of being. — Michael Meade

Democracy and markets are both fundamental building blocks for a decent society. But they clash at a fundamental level. We need to balance them. — Ha-Joon Chang

I've chosen not to live in Hollywood, and instead I live in Brooklyn, New York. It's how I like to live. I'd rather hang out with my kids and family when I'm not working. Going to premieres is not my idea of a fun night out. — Jennifer Connelly

The poor never get the job done they are sleepy. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Often, it's hard to identify an economic event risk until it's too late. — Toba Beta

This morning Jackson had told Matthew, "You mention death one more time, and I"ll knock you into next week. Comprends?"
"Already been there," Matthew had answered. — Kresley Cole

Put your badass face on and follow me. — Ilona Andrews

Then Elrond and Galadriel rode on; for the Third Age was over and the Days of the Rings were passed and an end was come of the story and song of those times. — J.R.R. Tolkien