Oxonian Society Quotes & Sayings

If you are capable to succeed, this pride would be on behalf of his or her credit. — Saaif Alam

That easy, huh?" "You just have to decide to do it and then do it," she said. "Discipline. Follow through. Like anything. — Gillian Flynn

I've never been a particular fan of any genre. — Jewel Staite

The point about democracy is not that it delivers legitimate, effective, prosperous rule of law. It's not that it guarantees peace with itself or with its neighbors ... Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality. — Rory Stewart

A man who can tell a good story can make a good living as a broker. — Michael Lewis

I think girls from a young age know what they want, and boys kind of have to keep up and catch up to them. Even in kindergarten, girls are pretty much the ones that like the boy first and the boys are like, 'Oh, I want to play with my trucks.' They think it's not cool. I think girls are definitely more ahead than boys. — Madeline Carroll

With apologies to Austin Ruse and the National Review, it's passages like this, not any endorsement of the drug-fueled, last-minute allnighter, that explain why Hunter Thompson will always be celebrated by young people. It had nothing to do with drugs, the F word, or being cool, and everything to do with the fact that Thompson never lost his sense of appropriate outrage, never fell into the trap of accepting that moral compromise was somehow a sign of growth and adulthood. Both — Hunter S. Thompson

Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle. — Christo

In order to understand the dance one must be still. And in order to truly understand stillness one must dance. — Rumi

They say the first of my kind was Alasdair, a human raised by hawks. She learned the languages of birds and was gifted with their form. — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

I want to spend more time with those kids. I want to dedicate my time to train those kids and teach them what it takes, what they need to do to get to this level. — Thomas Dooley

We're [President Barack Obama and I] clear on the fact that we have to stay humble and prayerful. We have to dig down deep to our roots. When things come together, we know some of it is Barack, some of it is us-but a lot of it has nothing to do with either of us. — Michelle Obama

You can't convince me that the founding fathers wouldn't allow you to secede. — Glenn Beck

I can say with absolute certainty that I will run for one of two offices: my state Senate seat or for the governor. I'm still trying to decide, but I do think people are ready for a change from the partisan, very fractured leadership we have in Texas. — Wendy Davis

Tennessee Williams is an incredible writer for women because, in many ways, his women characters are him. He writes so passionately. — Laila Robins