Pobrania Quotes & Sayings

Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us? — Cornelia Funke

It is above all in the present democratic age that the true friends of liberty and human grandeur must remain constantly vigilant and ready to prevent the social power from lightly sacrificing the particular rights of a few individuals to the general execution of its designs. In such times there is no citizen so obscure that it is not very dangerous to allow him to be oppressed, and there are no individual rights so unimportant that they can be sacrificed to arbitrariness with impunity. — Alexis De Tocqueville

But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future. — Barack Obama

Did I really wear bathing suits, at the beach? I did, without thought, among men, without caring that my legs, my arms, my thighs and back were on display, could be seen. Shameful, immodest. — Margaret Atwood

Pitney's first management meeting of the new year typically consisted of about fifteen minutes discussing the previous year (almost always superb results) and two hours talking about the "scary squiggly things" that might impede future results.28 Pitney Bowes sales meetings were quite different from the "aren't we great" rah-rah sales conferences typical at most companies: The entire management team would lay itself open to searing questions and challenges from salespeople who dealt directly with customers.29 — James C. Collins

I mean, yeah, I want to lose some weight! I'm doing the best I can. — Billy Gardell

I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something is wrong with me. — Elayne Boosler