San Silvestre Quotes & Sayings

The increase in value of the world of things is directly proportional to the decrease in value of the human world. — Karl Marx

Our house is quiet, small and plain,
and yet its rooms run far and wide.
A hundred pencils, swift as rain,
writing on sheets of beaten gold
would not be quick enough to hold
the strange adventures
shadows hide ... — Nancy Willard

The Internet is the quarry from which younger generations craft their own selves and then advertise a desired persona on Facebook. — Michael S. Horton

Is Jason intelligent enough to realise that if you describe a thirty-eight-year-old woman as middle-aged, she's more likely to want to kill you than help you? Because Lauren isn't. — Sophie Hannah

Fancy hotels and meetings in palaces cannot replace the sense of home. — Malala Yousafzai

I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal. — Emily Bronte

But blaming Islam is a simple answer, easier and less controversial than re-examining the core political issues and grievances that resonate in much of the Muslim world: the failures of many Muslim governments and societies, some aspects of U.S. foreign policy representing intervention and dominance, Western support for authoritarian regimes, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, or support for Israel's military battles with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. (p. 136-137) — John L. Esposito

As an editor, I have to be tactful, of course. — Robert Gottlieb

There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated ... It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society. — John Holdren

Pakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He saw the future course for Islamic societies in a synthesis between adherence to the faith and adjustment to the modern age. — Benazir Bhutto

As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our cloak, go a second mile. — Dorothy Day

Howl's very fickle," said Calcifer. "He's only interested until the girl falls in love with him. Then he can't be bothered with her. — Diana Wynne Jones