Resalte In English Quotes & Sayings

A soldier has one item that cannot be neglected. His feet. They are his wheels, his mechanised warfare. — Leon Uris

It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality. — K.d. Lang

Human nature defeats me sometimes, how greed and spite can lurk so divisively around the utmost courage and sacrifice. — Jennifer Ryan

I'm starting to think Mordecai bound you to someone's grandmother instead of the earth, because that's what you're starting to sound like!" barked Harold in a slightly louder voice. "Just like my Nanna, next you'll be complaining about your rheumatism. — Michael G. Manning

Unfortunately, mortal life is very fragile, and very short. Yours could be shorter than usual. — Rachel Caine

Mere negation, mere Epicurean infidelity, as Lord Bacon most justly observes, has never disturbed the peace of the world. It furnishes no motive for action; it inspires no enthusiasm; it has no missionaries, no crusades, no martyrs. — Thomas B. Macaulay

We must not fall into the trap of projecting our own morality onto the Soviet leaders. They do not share our aspirations, they are not constrained by our ethics, they always consider themselves exempt from the rules that bind other states. — Margaret Thatcher

On the Vietnam War: I've lived under situations where every decent man declared war first and I've lived under situations where you don't declare war. We've been flexible enough to kill people without declaring war. — Lewis Blaine Hershey

When I work with experimental gadgets, like new variations on virtual reality, in a lab environment, I am always reminded of how small changes in the details of a digital design can have profound unforeseen effects on the experiences of the humans who are playing with it. The slightest change in something as seemingly trivial as the use of a button can sometimes completely alter behavior patterns.
For instance, Stanford University researcher Jeremy Bailenson has demonstrated that changing the height of one's avatar in immersive virtual reality transforms self-esteem and social self-perception. Technologies are extensions of ourselves, and, like the avatars in Jeremy's lab, our identities can be shifted by the quirks of gadgets. It is impossible to work with information technology without also engaging in social engineering. — Jaron Lanier

Some of us get a feeling when we hear music and we feel music, and you want to figure out how to continue to feel that. — Pharrell Williams

What I still didn't understand was how women could vote in a patriarchal, polygamous society and yet how they clearly voted to support the theocracy. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.