Pohled Quotes & Sayings

We must think of human progress, not as of something going on in the race in general, but as of something going on in a small minority, perpetually beleaguered in a few walled towns. Now and then the horde of barbarians outside breaks through, and we have an armed effort to halt the process. That is, we have a Reformation, a French Revolution, a war for democracy, a Great Awakening. The minority is decimated and driven to cover. But a few survive - and a few are enough to carry on. — H.L. Mencken

Of course he was required to wear a seat belt, just as he was required to give directions to a torture camp, because stupidity was the single abiding law of the universe. — Anthony Marra

I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as the facts are shown to be opposed to it. — Charles Darwin

Is love a fancy or a feeling.... or a Ferrars? — Emma Thompson

In the painting I saw, in the books I read, I recalled her, for she her had in many ways been the making of me. — Vikram Seth

Men go crazy in congregations
They only get better one by one — Sting

Old stories often turn out to be true. — Arthur Machen

Things don't just happen, things are made to happen. — Felix Timothy

I swear,if she were a cat she'd be hissing. — Carrie Jones

Humans are creatures, who spent their lifes trying to convince themselves, that their existence is not absurd — Albert Camus

Truman said he only needed a daily intelligence digest to keep from having to read a two-foot stack of cables every morning. — Tim Weiner

My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that. — Taylor Lautner

Desire denied consumes — Skyler White