Seidells Quotes & Sayings

In his usual fashion, Stalin had wholly denied the defeat; by refusing to take the bodies of his soldiers back, he had left it to the Finns to bury the men sent to destroy them. — Anne Fortier

The idea that we are alone in the universe seems to me completely implausible and arrogant, considering the number of planets and stars that we know exist, it's extremely unlikely that we are the only form of evolved life. — Stephen Hawking

It's really hard to think of one kind of magic as a favorite. I've been really fortunate in that I've been able to perform such a diverse range of things. — David Copperfield

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair. — Irvin D. Yalom

It was curious that he seemed not merely to have lost the power of expressing himself, but even forgotten what it was that he had originally intended to say. — George Orwell

We are quite open, however, to looking at acquisitions and there are opportunities that we periodically consider. and I think that may be something we do in the future, but I must say that there is no commitment to that at the present time in any form or size. — David Milne

We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universe, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act. — Charles Darwin

Good Lord! who can account for the fathomless folly of the public? — Rudyard Kipling

Most of life's battles are fought inside ourselves, & our greatest periods of growth usually come during crises. — Robert Scheid

The whole life lies in the verb seeing. — Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

The Catholic must adopt the decision handed down to him; the Protestant must learn to decide for himself. — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

When typhus or cholera breaks out, they tell us that Nobody is to blame. That terrible Nobody! How much he has to answer for. More mischief is done by Nobody than by all the world besides. — Samuel Smiles

When something large and oncoming passed, the windshield's big rectangle was for a moment incandesced and opaque with water, which the wipers heaved mightily to displace. — David Foster Wallace

The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt. — Ambrose