Oitocentos Quotes & Sayings

When an economist says the evidence is "mixed," he or she means that theory says one thing and data says the opposite. — Richard Thaler

One of the most important skills for political success is the ability to make confident assertions of absurdities or lies. — Thomas Sowell

I wish I had the boy. — Ernest Hemingway,

Has there ever been a more important subject, in all the world, than children and families? These are, after all, the foundation and ultimate purpose of any society. Moreover, the overall purpose of this experience is not merely survival or just the day after day (after day) exercise of going through the motions of meeting basic needs. Rather, it was meant to be a long, deep immersion of a work in progress, a life-long celebration of sorts, steeped in love, beauty, and joy. Anything less is a travesty and is tragically off the mark of true success for the parent and the child, and amiss of the essentials for a fullness of life for both. — Connie Kerbs

Faith is active affirmation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

This story of benign judicial neglect of Nazis and collaborators forms a striking contrast with the systematic repression of the Greek Left, which lasted for over two decades. — Mark Mazower

The food that afternoon was served in tins that had contained Russian beef. It was three spoonfuls of boiled macaroni and a piece of bread. That was February 11, 1970. That day saw the beginning of a plan for biological and psychological experimentation more inhuman, brutal, and merciless than anything the western world had known with the exception of the Nazis' activities. — Armando Valladares

When can it be said that one has entered into spirituality? Spirituality begins from the moment one gets the slight impression 'I am somewhat different from this [the body?]' And when dehadhyas, the belief of 'I am the body, the relative self', goes away; that is when spirituality is complete. — Dada Bhagwan

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot? — Kathleen Norris

Why do we serve? When we understand why, we won't be concerned about where we serve. — Howard W. Hunter

Silence and solitude are more distracting to me than chatter and commotion. — Marilu Henner

I resolved to play my trumpet like a sax. — Roy Eldridge

The dead are silenced and the living are speechless.Who's going to tell their stories if I don't? — Gillian Rubinstein

Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can appreciate it. — Sarah Ban Breathnach