Permeates Def Quotes & Sayings

I swear on time, which is the beginning and the end of everything, that everybody is always at lost ... — Mesa Selimovic

For many people, politics in Brussels and Strasbourg might as well be happening on another planet. — Martin Schulz

The bereaved must be urged to "sit in a sunny room," preferably one with an open fire. — Joan Didion

Trouble was, they never let on to their sons how scared they was - so scared they forgot the color of a man because he could outshoot the man who scared 'em. And bein ashamed, they never talked about it or discussed it in the family. — Peter Matthiessen

A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes

The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy. — Helen Keller

Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back. — Anne Lamott

The Lesson is, we all need to expose ourselves to the winds of change — Andrew S. Grove

It's the sort of absurd notion, though, that I wouldn't mind taking out for a good academic run someday. — J.D. Salinger

Mitochondrial DNA is completely separate from a person's regular DNA. It's a bit of genetic material residing in the mitochondria of every cell in the body, and it is inherited unchanged from generation to generation, through the female line. That means all the descendants - male and female - of a particular woman will have identical mitochondrial DNA, which we call mtDNA. This kind of DNA is extremely useful in forensic work, and separate databases are kept of it. — Douglas Preston

The freedom from something is not true freedom. The freedom to do anything you want to do is also not the freedom I am talking about. My vision of freedom is to be yourself. — Rajneesh