Orteil En Quotes & Sayings

You can't go to East Anglia and not visit Sutton Hoo. Well, you can, obviously, but you shouldn't. — Bill Bryson

Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work. — Thomas Aquinas

Perhaps the chief cause which has retarded the progress of poetry in America, is the want of that exclusive cultivation, which so noble a branch of literature would seem to require. Few here think of relying upon the exertion of poetic talent for a livelihood, and of making literature the profession of life. The bar or the pulpit claims the greater part of the scholar's existence, and poetry is made its pastime. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The United States Constitution turned 225 years old in 2012. It is the central document of American history and politics. From all sides of the political spectrum, from ranks of society low and high, it is ceaselessly venerated, admired, and invoked. But all too seldom is it read. It sometimes seems that Americans worship the Constitution so deeply that they find its actual text a distraction. — Garrett Epps

That programme [Supremacy of Capital] has condemned the peoples of the majority world to mass poverty, and now threatens to do the same to those living in the core capitalist economies as they slide towards permanent austerity and social disintegration. The power granted to capital comes at a price, and as the next chapter demonstrates, that price is democracy itself. — John Hilary

Head injuries are a significant risk to accelerated cognitive decline. — Steven Magee

You're not asking me for advice, you're asking me for permission. — Steve Maraboli

One of the big mistakes I think we make in relationships is that we don't give our best energy to the people that matter most. — Robert Holden

You rock, volcano girl! — Angela Cervantes

We never cease wanting what we want, whether it's good for us or not. — Stephen King

Light up the fire of love inside and blaze the thoughts away. — Rumi

Going to the school to meet the visually impaired was special. I thought I was inspiring them. I was thinking what I could possibly say to inspire them. Instead of me inspiring them, I felt they inspired me. They showed me how much courage they have, and how hard these teachers are working for these children. They made me feel like I don't have any problems in life. It gave me uplift. They made me feel so great. — Yanni

We seem divided between an urge to override our senses and numb ourselves to our settings and a contradictory impulse to acknowledge the extent to which our identities are indelibly connected to, and will shift along with, our locations. — Alain De Botton

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about. — Muhammad Ali

When you are an actor, you have to stay inside this world, but when you are with the crew, on the outside, you are in the dirt, working through all the issues. It's just a different way of working, and I think I preferred it. — Angelina Jolie