Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov Quotes & Sayings

It seemed like a long time and also it seemed like my trip had just begun, like I was only now digging into whatever it was I was out here to do. Like I was still the woman with the hole in her heart, but the hole had gotten ever so infinitesimally smaller. — Cheryl Strayed

Had Beta been French, perhaps he would've been an existentialist, probably though that would not have satisfied him.
He smiled contemptuously at mental speculations, for he remembered seeing philosophers fighting over garbage in the concentration camps.
Human thought had no significance; subterfuge and self-deception were easy to decipher: all that really counted was the movement of matter. — Czeslaw Milosz

I fear one thing most of all which is stupidity. — Nikola Popovic

Jessamine blew out her cheeks in exasperation. "I think you ought to let me take poor Tessa into town to get some new clothes. Otherwise, the first time she takes a deep breath, that dress will fall right off her."
Will looked interested. "I think she should try that out right now and see what happens. — Cassandra Clare

Humor is an absurd answer to a reasonable question. — Mark Bell

The more I see, hear, and think in Europe, the more I wish for every measure that can ensure to the United States dignity, power, and public confidence. — Marquis De Lafayette

I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken away. — Suzanne Collins

In politics, arts / no issue's dramatic / nor will 'play' till its heart's / simplified to fanatic. — Mona Van Duyn

My come-out record, '10 Day,' was the thing people were supposed to hear and figure out 'he's good' or 'he's not good.' 'Acid Rap' is the comeback tape, and it asks way bigger and better questions than, 'Is he good at rapping?' — Chance The Rapper

If you don't daydream and kind of plan things out in your imagination, you never get there. So you have to start someplace. — Robert Duvall

Taken by surprise," as he put it, and unwilling to see the possibility of electing an antislavery senator disappear, Lincoln ordered his backers to cast their votes for Trumbull, ensuring his victory on the next ballot.23 If this episode demonstrated anything, it was that prior political affiliations constituted a major obstacle to antislavery cooperation. The outcome left Lincoln bitterly disappointed. But his willingness to sacrifice personal ambition for political principle reinforced his standing among those opposed to the expansion of slavery. — Eric Foner

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck. — Iris Murdoch

All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour. — Napoleon Bonaparte