Rosika Quotes & Sayings

I invented the colors of the vowels!
A black, E white, I red, O blue, U green
I made rules for the form and movement of each consonant, and, and with instinctive rhythms, I flattered myself that I had created a poetic language accessible, some day, to all the senses. — Arthur Rimbaud

You are pretty, aren't you?"
Rosika frowned. "You don't have to sound so surprised. — Jess Schira

In terms of Iraq, al Qaeda valued Iraq because we destroyed a government it wanted destroyed and because we put soldiers on the ground and forces that they could attack. Al Qaeda is basically an insurgent organization that was formed on the model of the Afghan groups. And being bred in that war, they value a contiguous safe haven as much as anything else. — Michael Scheuer

I grew up in environment that had more women in science. — Fabiola Gianotti

If brains have brought us to what we are in now, I think it is time to allow our hearts to speak. When our sons are killed by the millions, let us, mothers, only try to do good by going to the kings and emperors without any other danger than a refusal. — Rosika Schwimmer

I don't know why you're crying, Count. I lost closer friends than you when I was deloused! — Eloisa James

I'd be foolish if I didn't return her interest." He puffed out his chest. "And no one has ever called me a fool."
Rosika's jaw tightened. She rubbed her temples. "I'm giving it some serious consideration. — Jess Schira

Women know the financial, social and physical costs of not having access to basic health care. — Martha Plimpton

The writer is the Faust of modern society, the only surviving individualist in a mass age. To his orthodox contemporaries he seems a semi-madman. — Boris Pasternak

Women's rights, men's rights-human rights-all are threatened by the everpresent specter of war so destructive now of human material and moral values as to render victory indistinguishable from defeat. — Rosika Schwimmer

I have no sense of nationalism, only a cosmic consciousness of belonging to the human family. — Rosika Schwimmer

In some respects Abbott proved to be the id of Australia's modern conservative movement: hyper-adversarial, willing to occupy itself in opposition to whatever social issues were preoccupying the left. Owing more to American political culture than the British inheritance Abbott claimed to value, contemporary Australian conservatism makes the grave error of believing in things other than power and stability. — Peter Van Onselen

Sensory overload - I just want to soak myself completely to rid myself of
feeling too much — Tina J. Richardson

I love new writing, new blood, modern works by unknown writers. — Joseph Fiennes

If you start to just aim for what the audience wants to hear, you're already hamstrung because you don't have any freedom. — Andy Richter

I have never really thought that the Left was much in 'array' as far as political purposes were concerned. — Noam Chomsky

That's one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself. — Bob Goff

Network marketing is the big wave of the future. It's taking the place of franchising, which now requires too much capital for the average person. — Jim Rohn