Numerosas Culturas Quotes & Sayings

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work. — Thomas A. Edison

Just as there can be a hole in these narratives, a memoir can be as much about what's forgotten as what's remembered. — Jane Alison

Its a rare thing when a father and son can share the same experience. My father and I have seen all 19 Bond films together, two or three times. — Rick Yune

My relationship with Barack Obama isn't based on my political philosophy or his. — Tom Coburn

Ric Flair, the stratosphere is reserved for you and me. — Dusty Rhodes

Growth and change are never easy ... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago. — Lawrence LeShan

I've done many ads because that's my new career. It's an inspiring extension for my mind. — Karl Lagerfeld

The thing that is maybe the real difference, the fundamental difference, is that in adult literature you can have a literature of despair and end the work without any hope; you can have a literature of the absurd in which life is pointless, meaningless ... In children's literature you can have a tragic ending ... nevertheless, maybe what happens makes some kind of sense; maybe there is hope. We have got to pull out of ourselves some kind of hope. This is the key difference between writing for adults and children. — Lloyd Alexander

You'd have to go through at least four different hugs to get from the kitchen to the front room. Those relatives!'. — Patricia Polacco

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, A History of Nazi Germany, by William L. Shirer, Simon and Schuster, 1960, New York; Hitler, a Study in Tyranny, by Alan Bullock, Harper, 1953, New York; — Philip K. Dick

A teasing response came to my lips and I swallowed it back. His eyes were gleaming with the tears he hadn't so far shed. I couldn't brush off a reaction like that. I hated to do it that way. He's your father and should love you unconditionally. If he can't do that, at the very least he owes you the simple respect to let you live your life as you want to live it. We all owe that to each other. — Tamara Allen

I filed the first gay rights bill in Massachusetts history in 1972 in the legislature, one of the first in the country. — Barney Frank

The distance a goldfish swims is not controlled by the bowl. — Les Coleman

I know part of my sorrow is just disguised self-pity, I needed that exchange and I worry how I'll cope without it and whether I can replace it - if only it were as easy as buying a new dog. — William Boyd

Among the current discussions, the impact of new and sophisticated methods in the study of the past occupies an important place. The new 'scientific' or 'cliometric' history-born of the marriage contracted between historical problems and advanced statistical analysis, with economic theory as bridesmaid and the computer as best man-has made tremendous advances in the last generation. — Robert Fogel