Practising English Quotes & Sayings

So is this how it works Doctor? You never interfere with the affairs of other peoples or planets, unless there are children crying? — Steven Moffat

Human capital analysis starts with the assumption that individuals decide on their education, training, medical care, and other additions to knowledge and health by weighing the benefits and costs. Benefits include cultural and other non-monetary gains along with improvement in earnings and occupations, while costs usually depend mainly on the foregone value of the time spent on these investments. — Gary Becker

No point is of more importance than that the right of impeachment should be continued. Shall any man be above Justice? — George Mason

The basic word I-You can only be spoken with one's whole being. The basic word I-It can never be spoken with one's whole being. — Martin Buber

We each have a story. They did this to us. There was no outside aggressor. They wanted an Apocalypse. They wanted the end. And they made it happen. It was orchestrated - who got in, who didn't. There was a master list. We weren't on it. We were left here to die. They want to erase us, the past, but we can't let them. — Julianna Baggott

I'm having my house repainted and we have a piano in the corner and the painter says, Is that y'all's piano? I said, No, that's our coffee table; it just has buck teeth. Here's Your Sign. — Jeff Foxworthy

You can't expect not to face obstacles in life.
When people meet, their different energies conflict.
Where there is no energy, there is no conflict and wher there is no conflict, there is no creation.
Conflict is the source of creation.
One needs to know how to powerfully embrace the tension that arises when opposing energies meet, when there's conflict and struggle. — Ilchi Lee

chairs. We are practising for an English Academy of Letters." Lord — Oscar Wilde

All human beings, without exception, are continually creating themselves with the life-energy that is flowing within them — Masami Saionji

Instead of trying to cover the whole world with leather, put on some sandals. — Shantideva

I have come to know that adversity really means the things in life that challenge us and cause us to work with devotion and courage to overcome. I once stood on a street in Trondheim, Norway, looking up at a statue of a Viking. There came to my mind at that time a fable of the Norsemen that when a man won a victory over another, the strength of the conquered went over into his veins. Therefore, in this sense adversity is good, for it produces in us a source of strength as we learn to conquer our weaknesses. — Alvin R. Dyer

I've been very fortunate to work for great people - so even when the political process gets ugly, I find inspiration in the people around me. — Stephanie Cutter

Coaching about girls — Amy DuBoff