Romantic Otherness Quotes & Sayings

I want to state clearly that I am a humanitarian, not an activist. I do not follow any agendas - only that of humanity, not only in Saudi Arabia, but all over the world. — Basmah Bint Saud

He is lofty, and I am eminent. — Gough Whitlam

Rhetorically, President Obama is a champion of bipartisanship. In practice, though, he is almost always its enemy. — Reince Priebus

As long as a man lives he should study. Death alone has the right to dismiss the school. — Robert Green Ingersoll

It must be a weary life, being in a permanent state of rage or at least at half-cock. — Patrick O'Brian

His true monument lies not on the shelves of libraries, but in the thoughts of men, and in the history of more than one science.

{Gibbs's obituary for scientist Rudolf Clausius} — Josiah Willard Gibbs

I'd burn the salad, suh. Us of the fatal beauty type are pretty awful cooks if y' ask me. - Dorothea Duckfontein Dillworthy Dotti — Brian Jacques

I have always felt that the real purpose of government is to enhance the lives of people and that a leader can best do that by restraining government in most cases instead of enlarging it at every opportunity. — Gerald R. Ford

Let me pull myself out of these waters. But they heap themselves on me; they sweep me between their great shoulders; I am turned; I am tumbled; I am stretched, among these long lights, these long waves, these endless paths, with people pursuing, pursuing. — Virginia Woolf

I'm a competitive person and I love the challenge of mastering new things. — Sasha Cohen