Publikum Mk Quotes & Sayings

They say people can think for themselves? Do you honestly believe that the chap who can't pass primary six knows the consequence of his choice when he answers a question viscerally, on language, culture and religion? But we knew the consequences. We would starve, we would have race riots. We would disintegrate. — Lee Kuan Yew

I stood within the city disinterred;
And heard the autumnal leaves like light footfalls
Of spirits passng through the streets;
and heard the Mountain's slumberous voice at intervals
Thrill through those roofless halls;
The oracular thunder penetrating shook
The listening soul in my suspended blood. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

If you aren't failing every now and then, you're probably playing it too safe. — Woody Allen

The main cause is a pernicious falsehood propagated against her being, namely that she is inferior by her nature. Inferior in what? What has man ever done that woman, under the same advantages could not do? — Ernestine Rose

The way you choose to cope with stress can change not only how you feel, but also how it transforms the brain. If you react passively or if there is simply no way out, stress can become damaging. — John J. Ratey

The local painters were my idols ... These artists, too, were grown-ups, but they were grown-ups who could still see! Their eye was still in love! Like mine! — Frederick Franck

He has made us the master organizers of the world ... to overwhelm the forces of reaction throught the earth ... This is the divine mission of America ... We are trustees of the world's progress, guardians of its righteous peace. [Progressive] — Albert J. Beveridge

Conventions are often surrounded with the solemn language of morality, but in fact they have little to do with it. — Frans De Waal