Qianlong Emperor Quotes & Sayings

People don't believe in positive changes anymore. — Alexei Navalny

Cosmo sank into a near trancelike state. The events of the past few days bounced around his head like blobs of oil in a lava lamp. Who was he now? Cosmo Hill fugitive no-sponsor, or Cosmo Hill Supernaturalist? Who was Cosmo Hill anyhow? A product of Clarissa Frayne, with no personality to speak of. Fourteen years old and he had never kissed a girl. — Eoin Colfer

Confining life to an eternal present is an insidious form of soul murder — Cornel West

Evolution normally does not come to a halt, but constantly 'tracks' the changing environment. — Richard Dawkins

Who's out there?" I say.
"Just teenagers," my father says.
"Why are they like that?"
"That's just the way they are."
"Will I be like that when I grow up?"
"You? Perish the thought. — Joshua Gaylord

Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy. — Martha Washington

Rose lit up. I'd totally help with that. Sydney's my friend, and I've got experience with - — Richelle Mead

There's a chasm between envy and desire. Envy is like wanting something that's not yours. But desire is different. Desire comes out of wanting what is yours, and still wanting it even if it's not yet there, but it's not envy. — Michka Assayas

By not foretelling the ending to yourself, as a writer, you're able to open up the canvas and say, "I'm going to go here. I'm going to go there." It's just a little bit more freeing than a stand-alone procedural, where you work backwards from the end. — Veena Sud

Many who think themselves infinitely superior to the aberrations of Nazism, and sincerely hate all manifestations, work at the same time for ideals whose realization would lead straight to the abhorred tyranny. — Friedrich August Von Hayek

The love for a child is more an unconditional sort of love ... Although some parents are really narcissistic. In general, I think there is an expectation that love will be unconditional, but obviously it's not - even after living with someone for years. — Kim Gordon