Pavlovsk Quotes & Sayings

Months back when Rashard had got drunk off his ass and decided to spend the night at my crib, I was the one that told Quanie to go take those pictures — Diamond Johnson

But we are frightened at much that is not strictly conceivable. — George Eliot

But I also buy the opposite argument that regulating street signs does not seem to reduce risks; drivers become more placid. Experiments show that alertness is weakened when one relinquishes control to the system (again, lack of overcompensation). Motorists need the stressors and tension coming from the feeling of danger to feed their attention and risk controls, rather than some external regulator - fewer pedestrians die jaywalking than using regulated crossings. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

What use to me are your nature, your Pavlovsk Park, your sunrises and sunsets, your blue sky and your all-satisfied faces, when the whole of this feast, which has no end, began by considering me alone superfluous? What is there for me in all this beauty, when at each minute, each second, I'm now compelled to be aware that even this tiny housefly buzzing around me in the sunbeam now, even it is a participant in all this feast and chorus, knows its place, loves it and is happy, while I alone am an outcast, — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I want students to engage the way a clutch on a car gets engaged: an engine can be running, making appropriate noises, burning fuel and creating exhaust fumes, but unless the clutch is engaged, nothing moves. It's all sound and smoke, and nobody gets anywhere. — Robert L. Fried

A mind is not a barren field, but it is an ever-growing and ever blooming garden of love. — Debasish Mridha

When the palace is magnificent, the fields are filled with weeds, and the granaries are empty. — Laozi

People think because I'm shaped this way, I'm scandalous — Jennifer Lopez

Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection. — Eartha Kitt

Today is a good day to give no one a hard time about anything, or today is a good day to give everyone a hard time about everything. — Padgett Powell

Stand up for what is right, regardless of who is committing the wrong. — Suzy Kassem

For four years, my mum allowed only church music in the house. — Estelle

I represent Jesus on this earth and he represents me in heaven. — Jase Robertson

A miracle is when you take action on your goals, and create the visible from the invisible. Transform your thoughts and dreams into the material world, from planning, hard work and determination. — Mark LaMoure

Would you believe me if I told you the only thing I want from you is
you? — Karen Robards

The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence. — Simone Weil