Richten International Quotes & Sayings

If one undertakes retrospection of the day's events, one must do it regularly at the appointed hour, not fitfully, not doing it today, neglecting to do it tomorrow and the day after and then taking it up again on the fourth day. Such irregular practice is not conducive to the confirmation of the habit of retrospection. — Mahavira

The city of New Orleans showed America what it takes to rebuild a great place. We're all going together, and we're not leaving anybody behind. — Mitch Landrieu

They say that people are innately afraid of those who need them, they say that people are afraid of "clingy-ness", afraid of attachment, afraid of being needed by another. But I beg to disagree. I believe that people, when looking at someone who is needy of them, see themselves and see their own fears and they go away because they can't handle those fears; it's their own neediness that they're afraid of! They're afraid to want and to need, because they're afraid of loss and of losing, so when they see these things in another, that's when they run away. Nobody is actually running away from other people; everybody is really running away from themselves! — C. JoyBell C.

It has occurred to me that the superhero really only originates in America. That seems to be the only country that has produced this phenomenon. — Alan Moore

I was always the serious kid. — Margarita Levieva

If anyone hurts you, love him; it is the greatest revenge. — Debasish Mridha

Politics will take care of itself. I'm interested in people who are involved in the situations that politicians create. Politics is taken care of by politicians - they're not filmmakers. — Steven Rodney McQueen

Some cats are angry at being called cats. To achieve peace with them, never call them by their real name — Bangambiki Habyarimana

A moving shadow means more to us than a body at rest. We are no longer taken in by a fixed grin. We know that only death has a rictus. — Joseph Roth