Omar Sharif Top Secret Quotes & Sayings

We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless. — Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students. — Solomon Ortiz

Karen, her elbows folded on the deck-rail, wanted to share with someone the pleasure in being alone: this is the paradox of any happy solitude. She had never landed at Cork, so this hill and that hill beyond were as unexpected as pictures at which you say "Oh look!" Nobody was beside her to share the moment, which would have been imperfect with anyone else there. — Elizabeth Bowen

Documentary film is the one place that our people can speak for themselves. I feel that the documentaries that I've been working on have been very valuable for the people, for our people to look at ourselves, at the situations, really facing it, and through that being able to make changes that really count for the future of our children to come. — Alanis Obomsawin

If you practice an excellent virtue without perceiving the taste of its aid, do not marvel; for until a man becomes humble, he will not receive a reward for his labor. Recompense is given, not for labor, but for humility. — Isaac Of Nineveh

The gun-control crusade today is like the Prohibition crusade 100 years ago. It is a shared zealotry that binds the self-righteous know-it-alls in a warm fellowship of those who see themselves as fighting on the side of the angels against the forces of evil. It is a lofty role that they are not about to give up for anything so mundane as facts - or even the lives of other people. — Thomas Sowell

Christians believe that God is everywhere and is involved in our lives at every moment, whether we publicly acknowledge God or not. — Adam Hamilton

Some players need a boot up their backside. Other players need the arm — Alan Brazil

Why do we read with greed? (Or play, or design, etc.?) We want to fill our minds with knowledge the way others want to fill their bellies with food. Information replaces confusion, which many of us experience in interactions with others. It is a place to focus, apart from all the external stimuli in our homes, schools, shops, etc. It is completely within our control how much we want to let in, unlike dealing with people, who are unpredictable and uncontrollable. (Even those of us who are in our own bubble, who don't read or seem to look outward much, may have a rich internal world and not yet have such a need to connect.) — Rudy Simone

I like underwater pole vaulting, because you can have perfect form without the risk. — Katie Hoff

'Baltimore' the series is inspired by all kinds of things, from 'Moby Dick' to 'Dracula.' — Christopher Golden

How do I have productive days with minimum drama? Simple; I mind my own business. — Steve Maraboli

Claire smiled with relief that my mother had made the first move. She didn't understand the nature of poisons. My — Janet Fitch

The motion of the stars over our heads is as much an illusion as that of the cows, trees and churches that flash past the windows of our train. — James Jeans

I remember when I was in graduate school and someone in workshop would say, 'I'm going to bring in a chapter of my novel.' The thought that someone could think they'd write a whole long thing ... I could only see twelve pages ahead. But then I realized that if you could see twelve more after that, you can start. — Susan Minot