Nelya Pavlenko Quotes & Sayings

If I was the Jackie Robinson of golf, I sure didn't do a very good job of it. Jackie was followed by hundreds of great black ballplayers who have transformed their sport ... But there are hardly any black kids coming up through the ranks of golf today. — Charlie Sifford

The intellectual or logical man, rather than the understanding or observant man, set himself to imagine designs - to dictate purposes to God. — Edgar Allan Poe

I'm English. We're about as tactful as a hot poker up the bum, most of the time. — L.H. Thomson

Because rights are only claims against other people, and not claims on other people and their property, rights end when they infringe on the rights of others. — Daniel Alexander Brackins

My mind was always set on joining Manchester United. How can you not go to United? I don't play for money. I play for glory and winning championships. I'm happy here. I hear people complain about the weather, there's nothing to do and the food. But, for me, it's not like that. I play for a club I love, the biggest club, and everything else doesn't matter. — Dimitar Berbatov

How can I make difference so that I may bring peace to this world that I love and cherish so much? A name flickers instantly in my mind. — Mahatma Gandhi

Oh, love is very much a physical thing ... I realize that it's very complicated, and I'm sure it can't be traced to individual neurons and hormones, but I think it's very much a physiological sensation that takes place in the brain. — Alan Lightman

Forgiveness is a gift to the one who is hurting. — Josee D'Amore

If they treat us with fear, we are to see their behavior as a call for love. — Marianne Williamson

In the age of activism that is clearly not going away, it would seem that some form of engagement from directors with shareholders - rather than directors simply taking their cues from management - would go a long way toward helping boards work on behalf of all shareholders rather just the most vocal. — Andrew Ross Sorkin

Moods should be heard but never danced to. — Hugh Prather

What we drug people have, that you don't, is repeatability. — Terence McKenna

Constipation was one of the things she hated most in the world, on par with despicable men who commit domestic violence and narrow-minded religious fundamentalists. — Haruki Murakami

I was thinking of making a drawing of Malik," she said. "He will be standing on a field of battle, taking off his helm and showing his pale skin. The soldiers around will be dropping their weapons and offering him medicine." Aedan laughed. — Jonathan Renshaw