Lutgart Calcote Quotes & Sayings

I don't know what makes a writer's voice. It's dozens of things. There are people who write who don't have it. They're tone-deaf, even though they're very fluent. It's an ability, like anything else, being a doctor or a veterinarian, or a musician. — Paula Fox

They have only that power which the secret decree of the Almighty allots to them, in order that we may not set too great store by earthly prosperity, — Augustine Of Hippo

A united Europe is our Continent's only chance to avoid falling off the world's radar. The heads of government of Germany, France and the United Kingdom also know that their voice is only heard internationally because they speak through the megaphone of the European Union. — Jean-Claude Juncker

I am against the florists and floristry! Let the flowers not be the toys of our pleasures! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

My photographs are proof of what happened. When I go to Russia, sometimes I meet ex-soldiers ... They say, 'We came to liberate you ... ' I say: 'Listen, I think it was quite different. I saw people being killed.' They say: 'No. We never ... no shooting. No. No.' So I can show them my Prague 1968 photographs and say, 'Listen, these are my pictures. I was there.' And they have to believe me. — Josef Koudelka

No one does a better, cleaner, or environmental friendlier, than the United States, when it comes to drilling for oil, gas, coal, oil refineries and fish friendly hydroelectric. — David Pratt

Coach Bo Pelini and coach Carl Pelini are two coaches I talk to on a regular basis, especially coach Bo. They are coaches I feel elevated my game. — Ndamukong Suh

When I went away to college, I marveled at the wealth of bookstores around Harvard Square. — John Updike

I think ... that I would rather recollect a life mis-spent on fragile things than spent avoiding moral debt. — Neil Gaiman

You want us to step in and render a decision based on an assessment of the effects of this institution which is newer than cellphones or the Internet? I mean we - we are not - we do not have the ability to see the future. — Samuel Alito

You tell yourself it would be best for her to die. You tell yourself that if now, at this hour of the night, she died, it would be easier. For you, you probably mean, but you don't finish the sentence. — Marguerite Duras

A salacious lie will always trump a noble truth. — Chuck Palahniuk

I've always performed. I've done plays at home. — Odeya Rush

Exemplary leaders know that if they want to gain commitment and achieve the highest standards, they must be models of the behavior they expect of others. — James M. Kouzes