Oficina Virtual Quotes & Sayings

I was just laying aside a Lausanne paper I'd bought in Zurich when my eye was caught by a report that said the remains of the Bernese alpine guide Johannes Naegeli, missing since summer 1914, had been released by the Oberaar glacier, seventy-two years later. And so they are ever returning to us, the dead. At times they come back from the ice more than seven decades later and are found at the edge of the moraine, a few polished bones and a pair of hobnailed boots. — W.G. Sebald

I never met one interesting mind that was not richly endowed with inadmissible deficiencies. — Emile M. Cioran

We go on a journey to be free of all impediments; to leave ourselves behind much more than to get rid of others — William Hazlitt

You cannot sit back and wait to be happy and healthy and have a great thought life; you have to make the choice to make this happen. You have to choose to get rid of the toxic and get back in alignment with God. You can be overwhelmed by every small setback in life, or you can be energized by the possibilities they bring. — Caroline Leaf

She even tried the one which every romantic nerve in her body insisted should work, which consisted of theatrically giving up, sitting down, and letting her glance fall naturally on a patch of earth which, if she had been in any decent narrative, should have contained the book.
It didn't. — Terry Pratchett

The realms of light exist everywhere forever. But it is up to an individual to raise their mind to a level of stillness at which they can perceive these most beautiful realms of light. — Frederick Lenz

Respect is a close relative of tolerance, and both go a long way to prevent and alleviate the negative interactions between and among people. Respect was a member of each Lakota household during the free-roaming buffalo-hunting days on the northern plains. — Joseph M. Marshall III

I feel that bands can do whatever they want, after all, they own themselves and the art/music they create. — Jacob Bannon

Each of us is a unique soul path expression that adds an amazing spark to the global community tapestry. — Jan Porter

Form is endlessly interesting to me, and I love poetry as a formal enterprise. — Mary Szybist

My parents are both definitely supportive of my career.They are both big fans of rap. They are really what influenced me. — Joey Badass

I spend most of my days up to my elbows in someone's chest cavity. Really, I know zip about music."
He didn't bother hiding his surprise. "Wow. That must be ... messy."
"That didn't sound too great, did it? Let me reassure you - I'm a doctor, not a serial killer. — Sarah Mayberry

We in America count on the profit motive to get people to do the right thing. That's our basic American notion when it comes to business. — Chris Matthews

Yes, the universe had a beginning. Yes, the universe continues to evolve. And yes, every one of our body's atoms is traceable to the big bang and to the thermonuclear furnaces within high-mass stars. We are not simply in the universe, we are part of it. We are born from it. One might even say that the universe has empowered us, here in our small corner of the cosmos, to figure itself out. And we have only just begun. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

I'm a fan of horror movies that have really good stories. — Scott Eastwood