Numanthia Quotes & Sayings

He realised, more vividly than ever before, that art had two constant, two unending preoccupations: it is always meditating upon death and it is always thereby creating life. — Boris Pasternak

There are in life a few miraculous moments when the right person is there to tell you what you need to hear and you are still open enough, impressionable enough, to take it in. — Ann Patchett

Americans have no sense of history. And not much memory. They don't remember what happened yesterday. — Howard Fast

Men are shallow - we don't remember things like women do. Or we don't bring it up and blurt it out at inappropriate moments. When bridges are trying to be built, we don't detonate them. — Steve Lillywhite

The principles governing the speed at which the human organism can biologically adapt offer us the single greatest insight into why civilizations succeed and fail as well as the most reliable preview of our own destiny. — Rebecca D. Costa

It might have looked beautiful, had she not known what corruption and filth dwelt within it. And what monstrosity ruled over it all. — Sarah J. Maas

Make every effort to live in peace with all men. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The natural inclination of man is to rely solely upon himself and to ignore the purpose of his existence as well as his relationship to God who is his spiritual father. If man will recognize his divine origin, he will then realize his Heavenly Father will not leave him alone to grope in darkness of mind and spirit, but will make available a power to influence him in right paths and into standards of good behavior. The Holy Ghost is that power. — Delbert L. Stapley

I started as a GED instructor, I created my own GED program and I realized that a lot of young people that don't do we'll academically, it's not that they don't have the competency to do it or the skill set to do it, it's just that they weren't motivated to learn. They weren't interested in school so I started just talking to students and just really going in on them like yo this is life or death. — Eric Thomas

All a woman needs is a good bath, clean clothes, and for her hair to be combed. These things she can do herself. I very seldom go to the hairdresser, but when I do, I just marvel. — Hedy Lamarr

I'm not religious, but I've always been attracted to the rituals of religion; as a kid, Sunday church was the closest thing I had to an interactive, theatrical experience. — Missy Mazzoli

Intuition is unconscious accumulated experience informing judgement in real time. — Alain De Botton

It's just a part of our nature to hope. — Elizabeth Edwards

You're like Mr. Romance and Mr. Porn Star wrapped in one. — Olivia Cunning