Rypdal Terje Quotes & Sayings

To understand why dictators fall, it helps to recognise factors that produce a perfect anti-dictatorial storm. Barring missteps such as those that led to Gaddafi's undoing, a dictator's survival can be at risk because of newness in office, poor health, or old age combined with economic trouble. — Bruce Bueno De Mesquita

The key to hitting is just plain working at it. Work, that's the real secret. — Ted Williams

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known. — Bertrand Russell

Launch your boat, blessed youth, and flee at full speed from every form of culture. — Epicurus

The Christian should work as if all depended upon him, and pray as if it all depended upon God. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The life's work of Walt Disney and Ray Kroc had come full-circle, uniting in perfect synergy. McDonald's began to sell its hamburgers and french fries at Disney's theme parks. The ethos of McDonaldland and of Disneyland, never far apart, have finally become one. Now you can buy a Happy Meal at the Happiest Place on Earth. — Eric Schlosser

Do-- not what is important--but what makes you happy. Life is not about being important, it is about being happy. — Debasish Mridha

The sun flashed off the wet blades, splinters of light, then the oars dipped, were tugged, and the beast-headed boats surged, and I stared entranced. — Bernard Cornwell

I started the fire, but I couldn't control how it burnt. — Cixin Liu

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. — Socrates

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes. — Jawaharlal Nehru

Look somewhere else for someone who can follow you in your researches about numbers. For my part, I confess that they are far beyond me, and I am competent only to admire them. — Blaise Pascal

For me, my awakening came when I was kidnapped. — Patty Hearst