Perdidi Quotes & Sayings

In literature classes, you don't learn about genes; in physics classes you don't learn about human evolution. So you get a fragmented view of the world. That makes it hard to find meaning in education. — David Christian

I've only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be only by chance. — Claude Monet

All these stories of Janamsakhi were like an artistic instrument that was yielded more to spread Nanak's spiritual sovereignty as a mystical prophet than as an effective teacher in flesh and blood. In the midst of ignorance and mystical craving, they provided a simple method to guide people, or rather allure them to a newly formed religious path by sermonizing through stories of mystical non-sense. — Abhijit Naskar

Jimmy Snuka stood up, 25 feet in the air, drove his knee through my ribs, but did I allow them to carry me out on a strecher? NO! I got right up and walked out! — Don Muraco

Movie stars are doing TV series, and former TV stars are doing guest shots. Everybody gets bumped down the line. That's affected everyone in the industry. I've been lucky; I've stayed busy. I'll cross my fingers until it's my turn to be sitting around, not working. I'm sure that'll happen, too. — Zeljko Ivanek

My knowledge of the state of President Roosevelt's health was derived entirely from conversations, from newspaper articles and from photographs. — David K. E. Bruce

While I live my life expecting to live, others expect that they might die. The rules of the world are not the same for all of us. — Jessica Posner

I have lost my oil and my labor. (Labored in vain.)
[Lat., Oleum et operam perdidi.] — Plautus

Happiness is found in the simplest of things. Happiness is found in gratitude, in a kept promise, in a good conversation, in love, in friendship, in an achieved goal, in a fond memory; in all the simple magnificence of life. — Steve Maraboli