Ludvigsen Quotes & Sayings

It may be well to remember that the highest level of moral aspiration recorded in history was reached by a few ancient Jews
Micah, Isaiah, and the rest
who took no count whatever of what might not happen to them after death. It is not obvious to me why the same point should not by and by be reached by the Gentiles. — Thomas Huxley

In today's world, other people have become an obstacle to our individual pursuits. — Barbara Ehrenreich

The older you get, the more fragile you understand life to be. I think that's good motivation for getting out of bed joyfully each day. — Julia Roberts

Show me somebody who really knows what irony means and I'll show you a bullshit artist. — David Foster Wallace

There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery. — Jeff Bezos

Then again we find that young girls in their hearts regard their domestic or other affairs as secondary things, if not as a mere jest. Love, conquests, and all that these include, such as dressing, dancing, and so on, they give their serious attention. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible. — Charles Dickens

...I am a person who believes in form, in the harmony of order. Where we can, we must give things a meaningful shape. [...] It is important in life to conclude things properly. Only then you can let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse..."
~Life of Pi, chapter 94 — Yann Martel

You have filled every fibre of my soul and the spaces in between — Zahraa Arif

Kissing Travis was like licking raw cookie dough off the spoon; it might be bad for her, but it was too delicious to care. — Codi Gary

Of one thing the executive may be sure: that the majority want more of the good things of life, and if they can get them without undue personal effort, so much the better. So the executive naturally tends to promise material gain, contingent of course on his remaining in power. The impetus to personal rule is obvious. — Felix Morley

Our commitment should be to leave our environment in better shape than when we found it, our nation's fiscal house in better order, our public infrastructure in better repair, and our people better educated and healthier. To indulge in immediate gratification and exploitation is an insult to previous generations, who sacrificed for us, and thievery from the next generation, who depend on our virtue. — Eric Liu

It was done with respect for both tradition and the full array of Nazi panoply. The mood was jovial at the May 1938 laying of the VW factory's cornerstone as Hitler tried his Beetle's rear seating. Robert Ley and Ferdinand Porsche were the most prominent of those behind him. — Karl Ludvigsen

Feminists have emphasized for a long time the importance of each woman's individual entity and the necessity of economic independence. Perhaps it was necessary. But now I think we need some emphasis on the instinctive side of life, sex and motherhood ... Life isn't all earning your living. Unfortunately we fall in love and Feminism must take that into consideration. — Dora Russell

If human misery and efficient boredom could be beautiful, there would have been a kind of beauty in the endlessly replicated, hot-desking, rack-mounted workers and their swiftly exchangeable work stations. Lit up by the dead light of our monitors we would constantly scratch at our keyboards - it could have been sadly romantic, if it hadn't been for the sirens. Hanging — Mike Daisey