Rapporteurs Quotes & Sayings

Civilization flows; culture thickens and coagulates, like tired, sick, stifled blood. — Edward Abbey

Whatever you choose, your choice will mean there are two new worlds. And perhaps sometimes, on the edge of sleep, we will see the shadow of the other world. There will be no unhappy memories. — Terry Pratchett

I teach at Harvard that the world and the heavens, and the stars are all real, but not so damned real, you see. — Josiah Royce

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease. — Benjamin Franklin

The words of the world want to make sentences. — Bachelard

I'm kind of a beach bum from Florida, and I have a very different style. I like tight-fitting, Euro-fitting clothes, colored pants. — Chandler Parsons

It's not acceptable to torture people for being themselves. — Ke$ha

If you dig into it, it comes back to you. That's the way war is. — Laura Hillenbrand

You've got to coach worrying about your entire team: whether that gets you a championship or whether that gets you fired. I think it allows you to coach free. You're coaching with freedom because you know you're doing what you think is right. — Doc Rivers

Love is a way of living so how can our souls be healthy enough to live without love. I will continue to love you for as long as I have life because you've showed me the light. I always look forward to waking up in the morning because you're there waiting to love me again with your arms open wide waiting to embrace me with your love. The love I will strive to keep hold on forever. I love you!! — Atul Purohit

People are getting too far away from the real-world. Politics is just ridiculous, it's totally dysfunctional. — Temple Grandin

Beneath and around the dead and ruined chaparral rise the most amazingly beautiful flowers. Tulips and wind poppies and flame poppies, whispering bells and suncups. These are flowers that grow only after a burn. Only in a land once dead. You never see them otherwise

When my eyes closed I can see those flowers now. They are a promise: that the land will regrow, that even after a disaster life continues, that wonders abound. k — Frances Wood

I was always going to church with my mom, dad and sister. I was literally raised under the godly influence both at home and church. There was no alcohol and no smoking at our house. That was the way a Bowden was supposed to live. My dad always told me to represent the Bowden name in a respectful manner. — Bobby Bowden