Odenore Quotes & Sayings

proper task of philosophy is to remind ourselves of what we already know to be true: — Bertrand Russell

Any who may wish to profit himself alone from the knowledge given him, rather than serve others through the knowledge he has gained from learning, is betraying knowledge and rendering it worthless — Haile Selassie

It gives me satisfaction to help people. — Stewart Udall

We impose order and narrative on everything in order to understand it. Otherwise, there's nothing but chaos. — Julianne Moore

The future is a choice between Utopia and oblivion. — R. Buckminster Fuller

There is no such thing as defeat except when it comes from within. As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated, he is not defeated-he's just a little behind and isn't through fighting. — Darrell Royal

That's how it is, Rocamadour: in Paris we're like fungus, we grow on the railings of staircases, in dark rooms with greasy smells, where people make love all the time and then fry some eggs and put on Vivaldi records, light cigarettes ... and outside there are all sorts of things, the windows open onto the air and it all begins with a sparrow or a gutter, it rains a lot here, rocamadour, much more than in the country, and things get rusty ... we don't have many clothes, we get along with so few, a good overcoat, some shoes to keep the rain out, we're very dirty, everybody is dirty and good-looking in Paris, Rocamadour, the beds smell of night and deep sleep, dust and books underneath. — Julio Cortazar

For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It's enough. I'm enough. My kids are enough. — Brene Brown

You can put them in a room with QVC and they'll be as happy as clams." "QVC?" the demons said in unison. Simi looked at her watch. "It Diamonique time, too. Where's a TV?" Sin — Sherrilyn Kenyon

I don't know if there's such a thing as objectivity. — Jehane Noujaim

He couldn't stay there surrounded by a passel of slaves whose silence made him imagine an avalanche seen from a great distance. No sound, just the knowledge of a roar he could not hear. — Toni Morrison

....the longer I look, the more convinced I am she's the perfect storm and I'm lost at sea."-Andrew — Ginger Scott