Provaren Quotes & Sayings

I read sometime around 1938 of Jewish fines and some street actions against them. But I was too concerned with U-Boats and the naval problems to be concerned about Jews. — Karl Donitz

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking. — William Godwin

Unfortunately, since there was only one of him, most of his riches were wasted. — Jon Courtenay Grimwood

We have no one to go to for help. Not even a church. Anything goes, now that our President Roosevelt signed the order to get rid of us. How can he do this to his own citizens? No lawyer has the courage to defend us. Caucasian friends stay away for fear of being labeled "Jap lovers." There's not a more lonely feeling than to be banished by my own country. There's no place to go. — Kiyo Sato

Naming a book after a person was a standard way of reflecting that person's beliefs or representing his or her school of thought. — Reza Aslan

One has to crawl like a caterpillar before flying like a butterfly. — Matshona Dhliwayo

[I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; whichwould be a rational reliance if honesty were to be bought with money, and if wisdom were hereditary. — Thomas Jefferson

Neither of us realized what was happening. That simply by keeping an eye on each other, without giving it any thought, just by noticing the sound of a certain window sliding open, we were already starting to fall in love. — Banana Yoshimoto

The future of Yosemite climbing lies not in Yosemite, but in using the new techniques in the great granite ranges of the world. — Yvon Chouinard

I am not a surrealist. I am only a realist. All this group - surrealists - use my name. No, no, I am realist. — Andre Kertesz

It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Talent is extremely important. It's like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there's a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ. — Elon Musk