Monkiewicz Philadelphia Quotes & Sayings

History is natural selection. Mutant versions of the past struggle for dominance; new species of fact arise,and old, saurian truths go to the wall, blindfolded and smoking last cigarettes. Only the mutations of the strong survive. The weak, the anonymous, the defeated leave few marks: field-patterns, axe-heads, folk-tales, broken pitchers, burial mounds, the fading memory of their youthful beauty. History loves only those who dominate her: it is a relationship of mutual enslavement. — Salman Rushdie

Just as tobacco companies have been obliged to pay the costs of helping people to quit smoking, and BP has had to pay for much of the cleanup of its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, it is high time for the industry to at least split the bill for the climate crisis. — Naomi Klein

They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work. — Arthur Conan Doyle

If we are not ourselves now, when things are hardest, when we are needed most, when are we? — John Owen Theobald

People who seek only success rarely find it, because success is not an end, but a consequence. — Paulo Coelho

Actually I never make a mistake, because it takes a huge effort for me to make a mistake. — Johan Cruijff

The idea that Taylor Swift would become the giant pop icon of 2015, 2016 - she's really good, but I don't think it's written in the stars. — Cass Sunstein

My father was in the army, and there wasn't too much money. Yet, we learnt to enjoy the small pleasures of life, to look at the positives. — Suresh Raina

I know when to go and when to stop. I'm the red, the yellow, and the green light. That's me in a nutshell. — Aeriel Miranda