Schillig Francesca Quotes & Sayings

The best use of imagination is creativity. The worst use of imagination is anxiety. — Deepak Chopra

We should be doing more business with China. We should be better connected to the Chinese economy. — George Osborne

It was only when children's actual economic value declined, because they were no longer necessary additions to the household labor force, that they became the priceless little treasures we know them as today. Once they started costing more to raise than they contributed to the household economy, there had to be some justification for having them, which is when the story that having children was a big emotionally fulfilling thing first started taking hold. — Laura Kipnis

A prince ... must learn from the fox and the lion ... One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves. Those who act simply as lions are stupid. So it follows that a prudent ruler cannot, and must not, honour his word when it places him at a disadvantage and when the reasons for which he made his promise no longer exist. — Niccolo Machiavelli

People are interested in things not necessarily covered by the mainstream media, so they download things online. The categories are growing because people find out that they're not able to get information about stories that are of interest to them on the evening news. — Soledad O'Brien

If one read [Lady Whistledown's Society Papers] often enough, one could almost feel a part of London society without actually attending any balls. — Julia Quinn

I try to deal with my serious reading before work. — Donna Shalala

Travelling through the breeding places of our species is far from being as interesting to me as it is to inspect the breeding places of the feathery tribes of our country. — John James Audubon

No matter how public your work is, it's just a relationship with yourself. And you have to create a little sacred space inside yourself to treasure that ... because when you die, that's still what you have. It's what you're born with and what you leave with. It's kind of a story of the way you accompanied yourself through your life. — Antony Hegarty

In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation. — Maggie Gallagher