Marschands Quotes & Sayings

The research side of academic life is often viewed from the outside as a solo and, at times, lonely activity. In fact, it is quite the opposite: a communal activity in significant part where interaction and interchange generate ideas and critiques of them. — Michael Spence

Most announcers play pattycake, pattycake with the players they're covering. — Johnny Miller

Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house — Barbara Bush

Oh, so suddenly you're an expert in crazy?" "After meeting you, I feel I could write a thesis on the subject, — J.L. Weil

Your cause of sorrow must not be measured by his worth, for then it hath no end. — William Shakespeare

He had some impression that happiness was beyond him and everything was coming down, and that life could not be grasped but only lived. — Hanif Kureishi

It was shepherds who were the first to recognize a king that the rest of the world refused to acknowledge. — Paulo Coelho

I say that justice is nothing other than the advantage of [c] the stronger. — Plato

According to Islam, whenever we are struck by illness or misfortune or someone hurts us, there is a higher purpose behind it, which we may not understand at the time,' one of them said to me. 'That's where trust comes in. Through suffering, God helps us to better ourselves and make good our mistakes. It is a form of purification and also God's way of testing the strength of our faith and the goodness of our character.' Another lady suggested I look on the bright side.

'Suffering draws us closer to God and that is our aim in life,' she said. Then she quoted Rumi who had said, 'It is pain that draws man to his Lord, because when he is well, he doesn't remember the Lord.' I tried to look at the positive and believe that there was a higher, spiritual perspective on what I had just been through, and all the advice I was given helped me a lot. But it took quite a while for my heart to catch up with my mind. — Kristiane Backer