Olavarria 3 Quotes & Sayings

Politics is still the man's game. The women are allowed to do the chores, the dirty work, and now and then
but only occasionally
one is present at some secret conference or other. But it's not the rule. They can go out and get the vote, if they can and will; they can collect money, they can be grateful for being permitted to work. But that is all. — Mary Roberts Rinehart

In a society that judges self-worth on productivity, it's no wonder we fall prey to the misconception that the more we do, the more we're worth — Ellen Stern

He's freaked out. The bullets and the near-assassination and the fiery gas stations were okay, but the hand-holding freaked him out. — Jane Seville

I've done it for a long time and I didn't expect it to be any different here. — Kurt Warner

It only takes luck to make the right choices in life". — Abdulazeez Henry Musa

Whether or not science can be applied to that mental construct [i.e. the designed entity] is a matter of availability. If there is body of scientific knowledge that can be applied, then it would be foolish not to exploit it. However, if there is none, it does not mean that the thing cannot be designed, made, and used safely. — Henry Petroski

Wyatt, I'm from Chicago," Eddie told him. "Let me explain politics to you. — Mary Doria Russell

our love is proved when we love those who are not beautiful, who wound with word or deed. When we love not out of pity, or even for their sakes, but for our own. And here is the secret: they do not wound us, as Yaweh does not wound us. We wound ourselves by allowing the offense. And so Yaweh commands forgiveness for our own healing. Because in honoring ourselves - and others as ourselves - we please and honor Yaweh, who looks not on what a person does, but on the heart." I — Tosca Lee

I don't think there is anything that annoys me as much as having to "be" somewhere. It seems like every bad thing that ever happened to me happened when I was somewhere. — Gary Reilly

All of Robert Caro's biographies are exceptional, in part because of Caro's fundamental ambivalence about power. He sees its necessity and use for getting things done, even as he is often repelled by watching power at close range. His masterpiece on Robert Moses, The Power Broker, describes the evolution of Moses from idealist to pragmatist as he became one of the most powerful figures in the 20th century. — Jeffrey Pfeffer

I prefer the rather old and battered, things with character, to the brand new. — Rick Allen

Random acts of kindness, however small it may be can transform the world. — Amit Ray

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left. — Hubert H. Humphrey