Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles Quotes & Sayings

The truth, however, is that the conflict between religion and science is unavoidable. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science. — Sam Harris

The country life near Manchester I really love. — Ruud Van Nistelrooy

There scotsmen must have arses like leather,for while he ate I could see naught beneath his kilts but a pair of rather large balls , the secretary told him . - philippa — Bertrice Small

People idealise their animals, and at the same time they patronisingly overlook a dog's natural life - biting fleas, burying bones, rolling in garbage, barking up an empty tree all night ... But what do they do themselves? Bury stuff that will rot in secret and then dig it up and bury it again and rant and rave under empty trees! — Tove Jansson

Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it. — Hermann Hesse

Ignorance worships mystery; reason explains it; the one grovels, the other soars. — Robert Green Ingersoll

Being in a room with other people's energy yields such a different result. I love writing by myself still, but there's something amazing about sharing that experience with someone else. — Ingrid Michaelson

Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions. — Sheryl Sandberg

Feeling tired should almost never be an excuse, because your body has huge reserves of energy. But if you eat badly, stay out late, drink too much, and so on, you'll pay a price on the course. — Hale Irwin

Delight,
top-gallant delight is to him, who acknowledges no law or lord, but the Lord his God, and is only a patriot to heaven. — Herman Melville

When life gives u lemons, smile, because the apple tree that you have been searching for is a mile or so down that bumpy road. — April Margeson

When you're a director, for two years or at least a year and a half, that's what your life is. So if you're gonna do it, you gotta be ready to do it and it has to be something you care about. I've found something that I do care about. — Billy Bob Thornton