Palestra Quotes & Sayings

It is however always important to remember that the ability to see things in their correct perspective may be, and often is, divorced from the ability to reason correctly and vice versa. That is why a man may be a very good theorist and yet talk absolute nonsense ... — Joseph A. Schumpeter

But inwardly we are as corrupt as the person who sits in an office and plans war-because, we want to be somebody in the family, in a group, in society, in the nation. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Just as there are O.K.-words in conversationship so there are O.K.-people to mention in Newstatesmanship. — Stephen Potter

Who are you not to be great? You, with the imagination of a brilliant child and the powers of an ancient god.
Who are you to be ordinary? You, who can resend life or raise the dead.
Who are you to be afraid? You, who can serve as judge and jury while hoarding infinite lives.
Who are you to be a slave to the past? You who can travel time like the oceans or rewrite history with a single word.
Who are you to be anonymous? You whose names should be spoken in reverend tones or terrified whispers.
And who are you to deny greatness? If you would deny it to yourself, you deny it to the entire world.
And we will not be denied. — Official PlayStation Greatness Awaits Trailer

When I was straight, I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to stop using. — Kirstie Alley

And now I see what has been there all along, what I've noticed but never truly understood until now.
Eli is as uncertain as I am, as we all are. Life has surprised him like it has me. Has hurt him like it has me. — Elizabeth Scott

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds. — Jesse Jackson

I know quite a few fellow members of the news analysis and commentary business, and I have it from the highest-placed sources, on the record, that each and every one of our children is a genius. — P. J. O'Rourke

Somebody goes to a soup kitchen and serves the hungry, someone goes to a prison and tries to get people to turn their lives around - those are all Christian charities. This is just another charity the way I look at it. I don't look at it as being special or different. — Ralph Sarchie

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up? — Bob Geldof