Marvellin Quotes & Sayings

I am the manifestation of study,
NOT the manifestation of money.
Therefore, I advance through thought,
NOT what's manufactured and bought. — KRS-One

Without art the rudeness of reality would make life unbearable. — George Bernard Shaw

The capitalist system has lifted mankind out of mass poverty. It is this system that in the last century, in the last generation, even in the last decade, has acceleratively been changing the face of the world, and has provided the masses of mankind with amenities that even kings did not possess or imagine a few generations ago. — Henry Hazlitt

This year, I'm most thankful for the people around me who've supported me-my friends, and my family and boyfriend. It's been a really crazy year. There have been a lot of changes with moving to America and a lot of adjustments for my family and friends in Australia to let me go off on this journey and miss me a lot. I miss them a lot, but am so grateful for them. — Lucy Fry

A paradigm is a powerful theoretical and methodological framework which defines the working lives of thousands of intelligent and disciplined minds. And paradigms do not attract the loyalty of such minds unless they 'work'. One of the first things a graduate student learns is that if there is a discrepancy between the paradigm and what he or she has discovered, then the automatic assumption is that the paradigm is right and the student wrong. Just as a good workman never blames his tools, so the diligent student never blames his paradigm — John Naughton

As for [Amiri] Baraka, he and I have disagreements. I mean, he becomes a demagogue when there's an audience. He's a nice guy in private. I mean I like the guy; he's a terrific writer. I've published two of his books. Baraka is one of these fundamentalists who is prone to idol worship. — Ishmael Reed

Here's the thing Washington always misses. Washington always wants a deal. America wants a solution. Americans sent us here to solve problems. — Jim Jordan

Hour of nostalgia, hour of happiness, hour of solitude. — Pablo Neruda

We cannot forget the little things we take for granted in America that remain the disdain of dictators and terrorists throughout the world. — Trent Lott

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own. — Herodotus

Never give anybody permission to disturb your peace.
Always ignore negative comment.
Dwell on positive thoughts and occupied your mind with songs of praise. — Lailah Gifty Akita