Mlynkova Panienka Quotes & Sayings

Every human being has both sets of forces within him. One set clings to safety and defensiveness out of fear, tending to regress backward, hanging on to the past, afraid to grow away from the primitive communication with the mother's uterus and breast, afraid to take chances, afraid to jeopardize what he already has, afraid of independence, freedom and separateness. The other set of forces impels him forward toward wholeness of Self and uniqueness of Self, toward full functioning of all his capacities, toward confidence in the face of the external world at the same time that he can accept his deepest, real, unconscious Self. — Abraham H. Maslow

This banjo surrounds hate and forces it to surrender. — Pete Seeger

You'd think we're never going to die, the way we cower and second-guess and fret over each little action. — Johnny B. Truant

The womanist prophetess submits herself to God as a text to be read, indicted, and transformed so that she in turn can be a revolutionary, transformative force in the world. — Mitzi J. Smith

Young people sometimes use their innocence as an excuse to be unwise. — David A.R. White

The people who work in Wall Street still look up to Gordon Gekko. He's sort of a guru. — Michael Douglas

Some of us just don't want to be famous ... anonymity cannot be bought for any price, once you have lost it ... — Robyn Davidson

Today, no less than five Supreme Court justices are on record, either through their opinions or speeches (or both), that they will consult foreign law and foreign-court rulings for guidance in certain circumstances. Of course, policymakers are free to consult whatever they want, but not justices. They're limited to the Constitution and the law. — Mark R. Levin

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow. — Calvin Coolidge

I go to see my kids in school plays, ... I watched Lorna in a concert at the Westminster College of Music the other day and it was amazing. I felt very proud and surprised. I don't know why I was surprised, because I've known her for 17 years, but I've never seen her do anything like that in front of an audience. It's brave, it's uplifting. — Sean Bean

I hate people who collect things and classify things and give them names and then forget all about them. That's what people are always doing in art. They call a painter an impressionist or a cubist or something and then they put him in a drawer and don't see him as a living individual painter any more. — John Fowles

Whenever a woman gets pregnant, she literally bets with her life. — Ikechukwu E. Onyekwelonwu

A nation's not a child, for God's sake ... It's like a wild horse you tame by breaking it. Or a fiery woman you slap till she sees sense and warms your bed. — David Hewson

Ask people you know if they can introduce you to someone you are specifically looking to meet. — Beth Ramsay

The bags full of Turkish noses sent by the Uskoks from Senj to Charles V in 1532 may have been one of those gifts more fun to send than to receive, — Simon Winder