Sergiu Klainerman Quotes & Sayings

Love costs us much,
but we still need it.
Wisdom costs us much,
but we still seek it.
Faith costs us much,
but we still practice it.
Life costs us much,
but we still desire it. — Matshona Dhliwayo

And Death, in his shame,
built a kingdom from dust
as penance, as proof,
that his fingers were made
for more than destruction. — Emily Palermo

He wasn't a white knight. He'd learned that the hard way. But something about Lea made him want to be. — Megan Erickson

Once we have the fixed idea "this is me," then we see everything as a threat or a promise - or something we couldn't care less about. — Pema Chodron

Healthy companies know that they have to allow people to fail without assessing blame. They have to do that or else no one will take on anything that's not a sure bet. Healthy companies know that, but Culture of Fear companies do not. In a Culture of Fear company, failure must be rewarded with punishment. ("What would we be, we sinful creatures, without fear?") A typical punishment is that you get fired. If the people above you are insufficiently powerful, some of them may get fired as well. This creates a powerful incentive to pass responsibility for failure on by blaming someone outside the organization. — Tom DeMarco

A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old. — Eoin Colfer

One of the things we learn in movies directed by men is what the 'fantasy woman' is. What we learn in movies directed by women is what real women are about. I don't think that men see things wrong and women right, just that we do see things differently. — Jane Campion

I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed. — Barbara Kruger

They preach that I should save the world. They pray that I won't do a better job of it. — Dar Williams

Ceri," I said softly. "Why didn't you tell me?"
Her vivid green eyes met mine. "I thought you'd be angry," she said with desperate worry. "Rachel, it's the only way I can get rid of it."
My lips parted. "You don't want it?"
Ceri's expression blanked. She stared wonderingly at me for a moment. "What are we talking about?" she asked cautiously.
"Your baby!"
Her mouth dropped open and she flushed scarlet. — Kim Harrison

Love joins and then divides. How else would we be growing? — Lawrence Durrell

You mean Ronald just stepped down after ten years?' he asked. She had to be putting him on.
'He just stepped down and George Bush became president.'
'And then George Bush shot Ronald Reagan to prevent him from seizing power?'
'No,' she said. 'I think they were friends.'
'Friends?' he asked. 'It makes me wonder how we lost the Cold War.'
'Good point. — Anthony Marra

He never denied it. He never did anything. He never acted like either a nigger or a white man. That was it. That was what made the folks so mad. — William Faulkner

The coach's job is to be part servant in helping each player reach his goals within the team concept. — Dean Smith

The wind came tearing round the corner - especially the east wind - as if it had sallied forth, express, from the confines of the earth, to have a blow at Toby. And oftentimes it seemed to come upon him sooner than it had expected, for bouncing round the corner, and passing Toby, it would suddenly wheel round again, as if it cried 'Why, here he is! — Charles Dickens