Lesniak Institute Quotes & Sayings

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109) — Cornel West

In 1938, when I had decided that the only way to see the country was in a trailer, and I built the trailer which I still have and lived in it for eighteen months, and learned America from San Diego to the Canadian border, from Miami to New Jersey, and east to west in between. — Leslie Charteris

You may dress an ironman in silks and velvets, teach him to read and write and give him books, instruct him in chivalry and courtesy and the mysteries of the Faith," writes Archmaester Haereg, "but when you look into his eyes, the sea will still be there, cold and grey and cruel. — George R R Martin

What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' - but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya. — Harland Williams

If we are really anxious not to have nuclear weapons in Iran, the first thing is to call an international conference on abolishing all nuclear weapons, including Israeli nuclear weapons. — Bruce Kent

All love shifts and changes ... — Julie Andrews

The truth is, everyone is confused by quantum physics. — David Walton

Whoever doesn't flare up at someone who's angry wins a battle hard to win. — Gautama Buddha

My mother is not smiling; Chinese do not smile for photographs. Their faces command relatives in foreign lands - 'Send money' - and prosperity for ever - 'Put food in front of this picture.' My mother does not understand Chinese- American snapshots. 'What are you laughing at?' she asks. (1983: 58) — Maxine Hong Kingston

I didn't hit the ball like I was 46. But I putted like I was 66. — Fred Couples

No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum — David Cameron

One has a moral obligation to take responsibility for one's actions, and that includes one's words and silences, yes, one's silences, because silences rise to heaven too, and God hears them, and only God understands and judges them, so one must be very careful with one's silences. — Roberto Bolano

One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun
Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun. — William Shakespeare

To understand is to experience harmony between what we aim at and what is given, between the intention and the performance - and the body is our anchorage in the world. — Maurice Merleau Ponty