Ramanlal Vasantlal Desai Quotes & Sayings

[On social change:] What I say is that if one country is annexed by another, its nationality is not changed overnight. Social processes are often very, very slow. — Margaret Case Harriman

He read disappointment at his response and wondered if she realized that she expected a certain amount of effusive sympathy from the people she told. Rejecting that sympathy made her feel strong, compensating for what she perceived as her weakness. He suspected that the disease was the first time she hadn't been able to make everything come out all right through the sheer determination that it would be. — Tanya Huff

They that have grown old in a single state are generally found to be morose, fretful and captious; tenacious of their own practices and maxims; soon offended by contradiction or negligence; and impatient of any association but with those that will watch their nod, and submit themselves to unlimited authority. — Samuel Johnson

Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined. — Johnny Carson

In fact, the figure in The Last Supper is not a woman: only the most partisan reading can place Mary Magdalene in the scene. Viewers in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries would have read the painting quite differently. — Ross King

If you really "hygger", you do not perform in any way. You will not be challenged, and you do not show up as "another", than you are. It is easiest to socialize with people who know one from several sides, and appreciate them. — Iben Dissing Sandahl

Hug is a holy kiss. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The Dark Ages may return-the Stone Age may return on the gleaming wings of Science; and what might now shower immeasureable material blessings upon mankind may even bring about its total destruction. Beware! I say. Time may be short.
Referring to the discovery of atomic energy. — Winston Churchill

If you've ever felt oppressed on any level, there's something from 'The Wire' that you can take and identify with. — Michael K. Williams

Forget luxury; as a great company you have to keep evolving. — Angela Ahrendts

I like the pooch. When I've had a dog's snout in my mouth, we tend to develop a special bond. — Randy Quarles

Does that count as an argument? Can we kiss and make up now?"
"It was only half an argument."
"Fine. Then, you kiss and I'll make up."
I laughed until he effectively shut me up with his lips. — Colleen Houck

Given the reality of unintended parenthood and parental unhappiness, one would think that women and men who make the decision not to have children - who are deliberate and thoughtful about the choice to bring another person into the world - would be seen as less selfish than those who unthinkingly have children. Yet the stigma remains. — Jessica Valenti

You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering. — Ernest Hemingway,