Posledica Urbanizacije Quotes & Sayings

We need to learn to "read with a comb" - that is, developing a value system that gives us the ability to be critical of what we study. Here the word critical does not mean approaching our studies with a negative attitude. It means being cautious and discerning. — R.C. Sproul

You can say a lot of bad things about Alabama, but you can't say that Alabamans as a people are duly afraid of deep fryers. — John Green

no mathematical formula or econometric estimate can tell us exactly what tax rate ought to be applied to what level of income. Only collective deliberation and democratic experimentation can do that. — Thomas Piketty

In the OED editors' defense, they have set out to accomplish something that is inherently impossible - to record the entirety of a language. It is only natural they should occasionally come across words that are virtually indefinable, or that have meanings that have been lost to the ages. Whatever failings or inconsistencies the editors may exhibit are certainly not for lack of effort. James Murray in particular was renowned for attempting to ferret out knowledge, writing letters to every authority he could think of and posting queries in newspapers begging for information on a word. When I read the definition of lege de moy ("App. the name of some dance") I cannot help but imagine that they must have spent a tremendous amount of time looking for the meaning and roots of this word before one of the editors finally threw his hands up in disgust and exclaimed, "What the hell - just say it's some kind of dance or something, and let's get to the pub." As — Ammon Shea

You've a good heart," she told him. "Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. — Neil Gaiman

Never admit you have obsessive-compulsive disorder to someone who doesn't have it because they'll think you're crazy. But — Simon Van Booy

Means. And her small, chic penthouse apartment — Danielle Steel

To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty. — Plautus