Si Te Ignoran Quotes & Sayings

Some think I wink at them when I shut my eyes to avoid their sight. — Khalil Gibran

When we sell a kilo of bean coffee in Uganda, we get one dollar per kilo. The same kilo, when it is processed [and sold in Britain], goes for $10, $11 or even more a kilo. That is the same situation [price disparity] that goes for all raw materials. — Yoweri Museveni

It's not enough to be American. You always have to be something else, Irish-American, German-American, and you'd wonder how they'd get along if someone hadn't invented the hyphen — Frank McCourt

We hear very often declarations on the demoralizing tendency of war, but as much as I hate war, I cannot be of the opinion that frequent wars are so corrupting to human nature as long peaces. — John Adams

Every startup has a chance to change the world, by bringing not just a new product, but an entirely new institution into existence. — Eric Ries

I don't always want to read serious fiction. But when I read fiction that's not serious, I don't want to read brain candy. Entertain me, for God's sake. — Dorothea Benton Frank

Lawyers do not mix with diplomacy. — Charles Stross

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much. — Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

Participating in a sisterhood with other women is hugely important in my life and a source of joy. — Christy Turlington

I'd learned quickly, as a matter of survival, that I needed to take opportunities as they came - if they came - and to look forward to the future. — Saroo Brierley

The Doctor snorted. 'Wimp!' He squared his shoulders and turned towards the fire, grinning. 'Race you.' And he was off, running. Jack hesitated, sighed, swore, and ran after him. Levin and Krylek, Catherine and the villagers stared after them in astonishment. Two dark figures running though fire ... — Justin Richards

The ethics of peace is liberal; it's not conservative based. — Henry Johnson Jr

Without an end to the burning of fossil fuels, coal especially, most of us will live shorter lives. I'm hopeful, but very, very concerned. — Bill Nye

When I was working in my first job engineering construction, what I liked the most was working with architects and making buildings that had this creative side coming from the architect and that were making them a big success. — Bernard Arnault

There are houses in certain provincial towns whose aspect inspires melancholy, akin to that called forth by sombre cloisters, dreary moorlands, or the desolation of ruins. Within these houses there is, perhaps, the silence of the cloister, the barrenness of moors, the skeleton of ruins; life and movement are so stagnant there that a stranger might think them uninhabited, were it not that he encounters suddenly the pale, cold glance of a motionless person, whose half-monastic face peers beyond the window-casing at the sound of an unaccustomed step. — Honore De Balzac