Scories Metallurgie Quotes & Sayings

Anybody who predicts the death of cities has already met his spouse. — Clay Shirky

I see myself as a bit of a traveller. I am a workaholic. — Ricki-Lee Coulter

If arts and music, precious gifts in themselves, were akin to memory, literature was the self-knowing of the species; the human mind accumulated, a manifest of wisdom and knowledge, self-doubt and awareness, folly and foible, all transmitted through the generations. Books amplified the light of mind, reinforced the soul. — Mark Cantrell

Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name. — Brian W. Aldiss

If certain bacteria, fungi, or algae inch across something made of copper, they absorb copper atoms, which disrupt their metabolism (human cells are unaffected). The microbes choke and die after a few hours. — Sam Kean

I have a tendency to trust translators, mainly because nobody does it for the money. — Juan Gabriel

He who with sincerity seeks his real purpose in life is himself sought by that purpose. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year. — E.W. Howe

What have I become?" "A whiner," Lift said, puffing. "Nonsense." "So you were always one of those, then? — Brandon Sanderson

Life is like a book. It is your decision to narrate it or to live it — Gabriela Rodriguez

There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves. — Clifton Fadiman

Govern thy life and thy thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other. — Thomas Fuller

What I saw a thousand times during the downturn was, 'We'd like to give her that opportunity, but we need to go with the sure thing - we can't afford diversity right now,' — Sallie Krawcheck

Today, we live in a culture that wants physical proof. We need something tangible to touch, to see in order for us to believe. But you don't always have to see to believe. For centuries and up until now, many people are trying to remove God out of this world. Not seeing doesn't mean it is not real. Can we see the air we breathe? Can we touch it? Of course not, we can only feel it. — Dhenn Espiritu