Melians Enterprises Quotes & Sayings

The teacher asks a question.
You know the answer, you suspect
you are the only one in the classroom
who knows the answer, because the person
in question is yourself, and on that
you are the greatest living authority,
but you don't raise your hand.
You raise the top of your desk
and take out an apple.
You look out the window.
You don't raise your hand and there is
some essential beauty in your fingers,
which aren't even drumming, but lie
flat and peaceful.
The teacher repeats the question.
Outside the window, on an overhanging branch,
a robin is ruffling its feathers
and spring is in the air. — Mary Ruefle

It is no doubt technically possible to study metabolism and respiration of fishes during swimming at a constant rate, and of certain insects and birds during flight, and to obtain information similar to that obtained on man during work on a bicycle ergometer or a treadmill. — August Krogh

How in heaven's name can a nation with a $1 trillion surplus threaten so much scientific research so vital to its future? — David Gergen

Waiting for a divine message from the skies? You are wasting your time! Message has been delivered once and for all when the universe was formed! The message is the rules of this universe! Try to understand the rules and play according to the rules! In the second stage, you can start changing the rules that you don't like! All is possible! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Neither nature, experience, nor probability informs these lists of 'entitlements', which are subject to no constraints except those of the mind and appetite of their authors. — Jeane Kirkpatrick

I eat the same way Doc Brown fuels the DeLorean at the end of Back to the Future. — Kyle Kinane

Failure could bring the best opportunity to start the most wonderful life. — Debasish Mridha

I'll follow you," she whispered against his lips. "No matter where you go, I'll be right beside you. — Nalini Singh

I wish to change there minds, not kill them for weaknesses we all poses. — Mahatma Gandhi

I know what the world exists for, but I know not how it came into existence. I see the design, but not the designer. I understand the question, but not the questioner. — Kedar Joshi

You must have courage to love, you have to have a profound will to do what is right to love, and it does not come easy. — Bell Hooks

The heat of his sweet breath mixing with hers, his scent filling her lungs, was like a drug made from concentrated sin. — Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played. — Daley Thompson

Critics are entitled to have an opinion, but how can they judge how comfortable a building is? No critic is smart enough to judge how a building will perform over time. — Helmut Jahn