Rakocevic Igor Quotes & Sayings

It is by character and not by intellect the world is won. — Evelyn Beatrice Hall

My brothers and sister and I were brought up in an atmosphere which I would describe as 'Puritan decadence'. Puritanism names the behaviour which is condemned; Puritan decadence regards the name itself as indecent, and pretends that the object behind that name does not exist until it is named. — Stephen Spender

Having a member who serves in the Government and who also belongs to the structures of the party does not retard this particular objective the separation of party and state. It does not. — Jacob Zuma

I fear living a life where I could have accomplished something and didn't. That's what I fear. I don't fear death. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Mr. Lawrence drank from his beer. Do you know how I figure out what to do? I look under rocks for slime. I lick the slime with my own tongue. I see the problem for what it is, not what a consultant's methodology says it should be. I find people who are working on something that no one told them to work on, who solve a problem because they can't let it stay unsolved, who don't eat or bathe because it takes too much time. I find the ones selling their ideas to customers without going through the marketing department first. I've gotten good at picking molds off cheeses and turning them into penicillin. People used to wonder where my ideas came from. It was simple: I looked for slimy rocks and moldy cheese, and I watched the bank account like a hawk. It worked well for this company for a long time. — Charlie Close

I don't want to marry her, I just want to have a nice, civilized dinner with her."
"Then bounce on her," Seth finished.
"Christ. He gets that from you," Philip accused Cam.
"He came that way," Cam wrapped an arm around Seth's neck. "Didn't you, brat?"
The panic didn't come now, as it used to whenever Seth was touched or held. Instead he wriggled and grinned. — Nora Roberts

Because you're telling a story, and I'm sure people fifty years ago would tell the same story differently if they were telling it to you today. Because the time is different. The film is the work of today's audience. — Dennis Muren

You don't know how long I've wanted to feel worthy of that. To like myself. To be able to live with what I am."
"You don't have to live with yourself anymore. You live with me. Let me love you enough for both of us. — Pepper Winters

It would have been a rare thing anyhow for an official to come upon an idea that is not provided for in the regulations. — B. Traven

They are far from perfect, but they're my far from perfect. — Siobhan Davis

I may not be free, but I'm not about to surrender the illusion of choice. — Johnny Rich

One of the things I found is that the things we want to say for well-intentioned motives often cause more harm than good. People don't need our words. They mainly need our presence, they need our love. And if you come in too quickly with explanations, you may do more harm than good. — Philip Yancey

Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things. — Flora Lewis