Simonists Quotes & Sayings

German people, he said, would follow Hitler with absolute loyalty "provided they are allowed to have a share in the making and carrying out of decisions, provided every word of criticism is not immediately interpreted as malicious, and provided that despairing patriots are not branded as traitors." The time had come, he proclaimed, "to silence doctrinaire fanatics. — Erik Larson

This is the trouble with meeting people in real life: They don't come with profiles attached. — Sophie Kinsella

I take the opportunity each day offers. — Andy Goldsworthy

Edward: "Wait
you were trying to hit on me?"
Susan: "Damn straight."
Edward: "The thing is, I'm not. Straight, I mean. — Jodi Picoult

I never asked to be the world's hero. All I ever wanted was to be yours. — Nicole Williams

Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it ceases to be fiction. — John Cheever

Although nurture does not change our basic personality type, it can in some ways cloud or impair our ability to accurately perceive our true type. Imagine, for instance, an extravert raised as an only child in a rural area, with no one but her parents to talk to. Such a child would seem far more likely to develop her introverted capacities than one raised with multiple siblings, which may in turn compromise her ability to grasp her true status as an extravert. — A.J. Drenth

The nature-nurture debate is, of course, far from over when it comes to identifying the endowment shared by all human beings and understanding how it allows us to learn, which is the main topic of the preceding chapters. But when it comes to the question of what makes people within the mainstream of a society different from one another - whether they are smarter or duller, nicer or nastier, bolder or shyer - the nature-nurture debate, as it has been played out for millennia, really is over, or ought to be. — Steven Pinker

Seeing the space future through science fiction can be difficult. Much science fiction of the early era, the 1950s through the '70s, took an expansionist view. — Gregory Benford

He has made us the master organizers of the world ... to overwhelm the forces of reaction throught the earth ... This is the divine mission of America ... We are trustees of the world's progress, guardians of its righteous peace. [Progressive] — Albert J. Beveridge

In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live. — Fanny Kemble