Pulchra Resource Quotes & Sayings

A man? If I need a man, wouldn't you think I'd have one of my own? Must I wait for you? — Studs Terkel

My father is quite conservative and religious, and he's been wanting me to get married since I was 15. — Vikram Chatwal

I tried on various uniforms of manhood in my teens and twenties. [...] I slipped in and out of these uniforms like someone in a fitting room at Macy's trying on suits, except I'd walk around in them for a few months or years. The only suits I avoided were Asian ones. I had already concluded that being Asian did not play in one's favour as a man, not in this land of giants. — Alex Tizon

When we believe that life is a gift, life rewards us with miracles. — Milan Ljubincic

I am afraid that education is conceived more in terms of indoctrination by most school officials than in terms of enlightenment. My own belief is that education must be subversive if it is to be meaningful. By this I mean that it must challenge all the things we take for granted, examine all accepted assumptions, tamper with every sacred cow, and instill a desire to question and doubt. Without this the mere instruction to memorise data is empty. The attempt to enforce conventional mediocrity on the young is criminal. — Bertrand Russell

I love fun movies that also have something to say. They tend to stay with me, always. — John Travolta

He tried to scrub children's vomit from the webbing of the Tongue in a way that suggested deep reservoirs of genius. — Karen Russell

something happen to The Fixer?" "Yeah, but wait. — J.D. Robb

You are not first, second or third neither and fourth, fifth, sixth... (up to the endless), with this thought, - the probability is that you are somewhere in the middle (WOW AVERAGE PERSON!)... — Deyth Banger

Social networks are like grease - in some cases, gasoline - for our personal business networking machines. If you aren't plugged in, you will be out-done by better-connected, hyper-networked colleagues and competitors. — Danah Boyd

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization. — Frederick Reines

I dreamed what all losers dream, about one day writing a book that would bring me fame and fortune. — Umberto Eco

Cowards can never be moral. — Mahatma Gandhi