Macewan Portal Quotes & Sayings

Don't work for something in Exchange, Work on something for a Change. — Kevin Awad

So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty, and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating and destructive effect upon society than the others. — Eleanor Roosevelt

I'll tell you what's the greatest power under heaven, and that is public opinion-the ruling belief in society about what is right and what is wrong, what is honourable and what is shameful. That's the steam that is to work the engines. — George Eliot

Now it was coming to an end, and it was like he was watching the last flicker of light wink out in the darkness of an endless tunnel. — Nicholas Sparks

But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour. — Bryan Ferry

That's what I said," said the cat. — Neil Gaiman

I cannot see that keeping the status quo intact would help in any way to solve the problems of inequality or suffering in this world. I would go for taking action towards change instead of accepting the inevitable. — Elina Juusola

You can't make silly people stay away from you; all you can do is staying away from them. — M.F. Moonzajer

People who really have Ki don't feel it because everything happens naturally within them. — Christian Tissier

The truly great books are the few books that are over everybody's head all of the time. — Mortimer J. Adler

The basic problem is with the business model of journalism. That business model is premised on the idea that talk is cheap and reporting is expensive. — Jonathan Alter

It's what you do when you grow up, apparently, face up to things you'd rather not and accept the fact that nobody is who you thought they were, maybe not even close. — Jenny Valentine

The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I even tried to usher her into this century by explaining that wearing rainbows didn't automatically mean a person was gay. The Lucky Charms leprechaun was not necessarily a homosexual. The Care Bear with the rainbow on his tummy did not have a life partner. He didn't even have genitals. (6) — Elna Baker

With a stranger he felt a renewal of hope because they could not say that he had not done what he had promised, and yielding to his charm would give him a fresh start - — Virginia Woolf