Nicarter Quotes & Sayings

In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs. — David Herbert Donald

The secular power, on the contrary, was in the hands of kings and barons of Teutonic descent, who endeavoured to preserve what they could of the institutions that they had brought out of the forests of Germany. Absolute power was alien to those institutions, and so was what appeared to these vigorous conquerors as a dull and spiritless legality. The king had to share his power with the feudal aristocracy, — Bertrand Russell

There is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficult to convince. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

Regardless of whether you speak the language or are familiar with a culture, the picture should hold up. — Herb Ritts

It was not very likely, of course, but then all kinds of things are possible, after all. — Imre Kertesz

Organizations that can diminish fear are those that are able to motivate, create, and innovate. — Chip Conley

I want to grow up and do something cool with my life, such as build an orphanage in a third world country like all those saintly Hollywood celebrities. That or, like, cause a scandal and become mega-famous. — Shirley Marr

It's not time will change you but God, who will change you as the time goes by. — Vidya

Reporting was imitation life, imitation expertise, imitation worldliness, imitation intimacy; mastering a subject only to forget it, befriending people only to drop them. — Jonathan Franzen

Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky. — Bob Dylan

Life was more difficult in Inkheart, yet it seemed to Meggie that with every new day Fenoglio's story was spinning a magic spell around her heart, sticky as a spider's web and enchantingly beautiful.. — Cornelia Funke

For is there any practice less selfish, any labor less alienated, any time less wasted, than preparing something delicious and nourishing for people you love? — Michael Pollan