Nilson Izaias Quotes & Sayings

Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

A vast abortion industry, generating some half a billion dollars annually, sprang into existence in the wake of Roe and Doe. — Robert Casey

I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place. — Gwyneth Paltrow

Most bacteriologists were trained as medical men - Burnet himself had been, before going into bacteriological research - and "their interest in general biological problems was very limited." They cared about curing and preventing diseases, which was well and good; less so about pondering infection as a biological phenomenon, a relationship between creatures, equal in fundamental importance to such other relationships as predation, competition, and decomposition. — David Quammen

Gradually, I began to resent Christian school and doubt everything I was told. It became clear that the suffering they were praying to be released from was a suffering they had imposed on themselves - and now us. The beast they lived in fear of was really themselves: It was man, not some mythological demon, that was going to destroy man in the end. And this beast had been created out of their fear. — Marilyn Manson

Hatred of humanity and love of animals make a very bad combination. — Konrad Lorenz

I like to swim a lot, while Stjepan likes to take long walks with girls. He's the very romantic type. Yes, musicians are romantic. — Luka Sulic

Besides, there was a dignity to doing things in your own time. — Patrick Rothfuss

Poor feeling hijacks thinking for self-deception: to hide harsh truths, avoid action, evade responsibility, and, as the existentialists might put it, flee from freedom. Thus, poor feeling is a kind of moral failing, indeed, the deepest kind, and virtue principally consists in correcting and refining our emotions and the values that they reflect. To feel the right thing is to do the right thing, without any particular need for conscious thought or effort. — Neel Burton

There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi. — Ferran Adria

The fact that someone lived inside this mess really goes to to say something about the resilience of humans. You're basically cockroaches. Good job. — Donovan Scherer

The Text is not a definitive object. — Roland Barthes

A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. — Gautama Buddha

The Australian language is easier to learn than boat talk. It has a vocabulary of about six words. — P. J. O'Rourke