Padrona Amanda Quotes & Sayings

A person cannot make another happy, but he can make him unhappy. This is the main reason why there is more unhappiness than happiness in the world. — Thomas Szasz

Gregor grinned. "Congratulations to you, too, Miles. Your father before you needed a whole army to do it, but you've changed Barrayaran history just with a dinner invitation." Miles shrugged helplessly. God, is everybody going to blame me for this? And for everything that follows? "Let's try to avoid making history on this one, eh? I think we should push for unalleviated domestic dullness." "With all my heart," Gregor agreed. With a cheery salute, he cut the com. Miles laid his head down on the table, and moaned. "It's not my fault!" "Yes, it is," said Ivan. "It was all your idea. I was there when you came up with it." "No, it wasn't. It was yours. You're the one who dragooned me into attending the damned state dinner in the first place." "I only invited you. You invited Galeni. And anyway, my mother dragooned me." "Oh. So it's all her fault. Good. I can live with that." Ivan — Lois McMaster Bujold

We are not made for the mountains, for sunrises, or for the other beautiful attractions in life - those are simply intended to be moments of inspiration. We are made for the valley and the ordinary things of life and that is where we have to prove our stamina and strength. — Oswald Chambers

Be of the world and in the world and above the world all at once. Be you and only you, — Dean Koontz

Countries, states, cities, corporations and laws are all words on paper. — Bryant McGill

If prolific is writing a lot of songs, I'm that. If it's writing a lot of good songs, I'm something else. — Five For Fighting

I hope I number patience among my virtues, but shilly-shallying, when nothing is to be gained by delay, is not a virtue. — Elizabeth Peters

The difference between humans and Neanderthals is .004 percent of gene code. That's how big the difference is, one species to another. — Juan Enriquez

The most important condition for progress is freedom of the mind. — Debasish Mridha

From a distance, everyone will be able to read text, enlarged and limited to the desired subject, projected on an individual screen. In this way, everyone from his armchair will be able to contemplate the whole of creation, in whole or in certain parts. — Paul Otlet