Oppiaceo Quotes & Sayings

I love the Internet, and I love wasting time on the Internet - even though it sometimes ends up being not being a waste of time. — Claire Cameron

An institution is right or it is wrong. One that cannot accept dinosaur bones is one that cannot be trusted on more important matters. — Fletcher Wortmann

All modern humans are related to what scientists call "Mitochondrial Eve." This refers to our common matrilineal ancestor. She lived approximately 200,000 years ago and depending on how you estimate the length of a generation, we are only 5,000 to 10,000 generations from one another. To put it another way, each of us is a cousin of one another at most 10,000 times removed. And yes, Mitochondrial Eve lived in Africa, so, in a very real way, we are all Africans. — Desmond Tutu

The professional loves it so much he dedicates his life to it. He commits full-time. That's what I mean when I say turning pro. Resistance hates it when we turn pro. — Steven Pressfield

My sense is, I think it's okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career. — Ivan Reitman

All who have actually attained any real religious experience never wrangle over the form in which the different religions are expressed. They know that the soul of all religions is the same and so they have no quarrel with anybody just because he or she does not speak in the same tongue. — Swami Vivekananda

Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there. — George Orwell

The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it. Peace requires responsibility. Peace entails sacrifice. — Barack Obama

Human beings have a need, generally, to destroy things. The Freudian principle of civilisation is correct. There's always, always a difference between the family image and the reality. — Rachel Cusk

You do have an eye for the tarnished lining. — Jefferson Bass

Music used to be a lot more about angst for me. Now it's the only form of meditation I do. — Vikram Chatwal

She simply stared at me with such a loving expression on her face, I felt like I was her foal. Indah reached her head as far as she could around me, to press me to her. I melted. How could I live without this horse? I wrapped my arms around her neck and let my tears flow. — Kelly Batten