Porculanske Plocice Quotes & Sayings

Are coral reefs growing from the depths of the oceans? ... [The] reply is a simple negative; and a single fact establishes its truth. The reef-forming coral zoophytes, as has been shown, cannot grow at greater depths than 100 or 120 feet; and therefore in seas deeper than this, the formation or growth of reefs over the bottom is impossible. — James Dwight Dana

If a man is convinced that he is safe only as long as he uses his power to give others a sense of insecurity, then the measure of their security is in his hands. If security or insecurity is at the mercy of a single individual or group, then control of behavior becomes routine. All imperialism functions in this way. — Howard Thurman

As a shy kid growing up in Sheffield, I fantasized about how it would be great to be famous so I wouldn't actually have to talk to people and feel awkward. And of course, as we all know from fairy stories, when you achieve that ambition, you find out you don't want it. — Jarvis Cocker

Who sees the death blinds the death. (Qui voit la mort - Aveugle la mort) — Charles De Leusse

The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it. — Simone Weil

On my darkest days, I wear my brightest colors. — Cyndi Lauper

Arthur Devlin, you and my husband may have been in the same grade, but you were never in the same class. — Clare Vanderpool

Among the things most characteristic of organisms--most distinctive of living as opposed to inorganic systems--is a sort of directedness. Their structures and activities have an adaptedness, an evident and vital usefulness to the organism. Darwin's answer and ours is to accept the common sense view...[that] the end ("telos") [is] that the individual and the species may survive. But this end is (usually) unconscious and impersonal. Naive teleology is controverted not by ignoring the obvious existence of such ends but by providing a naturalistic, materialistic explanation of the adaptive characteristics serving them. [Book review in "Science," 1959, p. 673.] — George Gaylord Simpson

The debate that I'm interested in having is with seriously smart people about how we design institutions in the 21st century that will genuinely address problems of poverty and educational underachievement. — Niall Ferguson

Peruse the Christian marketplace, and you will find a plethora of books, songs, and paintings that depict God as a loving Father. — David Platt

I've been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only hve three close friends. I guess that's all anyone can expect. — Hedy Lamarr

People whose sensibility is destroyed by music in trains, airports, lifts, cannot concentrate on a Beethoven Quartet. — Witold Lutoslawski