Mizil Oras Quotes & Sayings

We are not naughty children, and the state is not our parent. — Heather Brooke

Life is better life past fearing death,
Than that which lives to fear. — William Shakespeare

On a couple of occasions I've shocked myself. Pet Sematery was appalling when it first came out on to the page. — Stephen King

Current intelligence-testing practices require examinees to answer but not to pose questions. In requiring only the answering of questions, these tests are missing a vital half of intelligence- the asking of questions ... — Robert Sternberg

To begin with, it's true, she read with trepidation and some unease. The sheer endlessness of books outfaced her and she had no idea how to go on; there was no system to her reading, with one book leading to another, and often she had two or three on the go at the same time. — Alan Bennett

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu. — Alison Bechdel

Most people presume my mustache is not real because it's much darker than my regular hair. — John Hodgman

The age looks steadily to the redressing of wrong, to the righting of every form of error and injustice; and a tireless and prying philanthropy, which is almost omniscient, is one of the most hopeful characteristics of the time. — Mary Baker Eddy

She had always been ... the motive power of her own happiness. — Ayn Rand

Life is getting up one more time than you've been knocked down. — John Wayne

There is no better mirror in which to see your need than simply the Ten Commandments, in which you will find what you lack and what you should seek. If, therefore, you find in yourself a weak faith, small hope and little love toward God; and that you do not praise and honor God, but love your own honor and fame, think much of the favor of men, do not gladly hear mass and sermon, are indolent in prayer, in which things every one has faults, then you shall think more of these faults than of all bodily harm to goods, honor and life, and believe that they are worse than death and all mortal sickness. These you shall earnestly before God, lament and ask for help, and with all confidence expect help, and believe that you are heard and shall obtain help and mercy. — Martin Luther

Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years. — E. O. Wilson

College is great. It's the only time in life where you can write a check for 39 cents ... and bounce it. — Henry Cho

Some people wore their ugly deep inside where nobody could see it. Those were the most dangerous monsters of all. — Jaden Wilkes