Lunasa Quotes & Sayings

Why is gambling forbidden while women in costumes which evoke sensuality are not forbidden? They are a thousand times more dangerous! — Leo Tolstoy

A fine coat is but a livery when the person who wears it discovers no higher sense than that of a footman. — Joseph Addison

Until it is kindled by a spirit as flamingly alive as the one which gave it birth a book is dead to us. Words divested of their magic are but dead hieroglyphs. — Henry Miller

Every child has a right to go to high school and end up with a third grade education. — Pat Paulsen

Any classification according to a singular identity polarizes people in a particular way, but if we take note of the fact that we have many different identities - related not just to religion but also to language, occupation and business, politics, class and poverty, and many others - we can see that the polarization of one can be resisted by a fuller picture. So knowledge and understanding are extremely important to fight against singular polarization. — Amartya Sen

I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers. — Tupac Shakur

Our final experience, like our first, is conjectural. We move between two darkness's. — E. M. Forster

The suburb was the major element of Australian society. — Robin Boyd

Some people will always fear change. But we can't indulge them. — Veronica Roth

Low amounts of vitamin B12 with normal folate levels may cause cognitive impairment and anemia, while high amounts of folate and normal vitamin B12 levels may improve cognitive function (132). — Orrin Devinsky

Volcker relied on public opinion, integrity, and persistence to overcome the political pressure to finance government spending the easy way, by printing money rather than by taxation. — William L. Silber

Why is he so altered? From what can it proceed? It cannot be for my sake that his manners are thus softened ... It is impossible that he should still love me. — Jane Austen