Sisters Estranged Quotes & Sayings

No corporation has any power that people don't give it. No government has any power that people don't grant it. When people understand that corporations are a reflection of their own energy, and when they assume responsibility for that energy, corporate omnipotence will be seen for what it is, an illusion. — Tom Shadyac

In any miracle, chase the causation back far enough and eventually you'll find yourself irrepressibly singing in praise of the marvelous goodness of God's creation. — Matthew Lee Anderson

I'm moved by contraries, by opposites, the strength that was my mother's eyes, the beauty of my father's hands. — Judith Jamison

Culture in any place always goes top down, never bottom up. We need to step back and look at what kind of environment we have created for ourselves and those around us. It is tough to expect positive behavior in a negative environment. Where lawlessness becomes the law, honest citizens become cheats, crooks and thieves. — Shiv Khera

Life is ephemeral; each moment passes quickly, a blur of color on a fast moving subway car. There and gone and all we are left with is the imprint of what once was. — Jacqueline Simon Gunn

Man, a mere inhabitant of the earth, cannot overstep its boundaries! But though he is confined to its crust, he may penetrate into all its secrets. — Jules Verne

In a romantic comedy, it's usually a good idea to have people who can't stand the fact that they are attracted to each other. — Amanda Peet

When I was a teenager, 'Playboy' was the most interesting magazine in the world, and not just for the playmates. I liked the interviews and the stories, and all that, but nowadays most of the stuff in there doesn't interest me. — Chester Brown

She's the Indian who lives in my attic. — Tracy Letts

Denmark and the UK are in agreement that our future prosperity depends on stimulating green growth, and getting off the oil hook. — Chris Huhne

Reality - Dreams = Animal Being Reality + Dreams = A Heart-Ache (usually called Idealism) Reality + Humor = Realism (also called Conservatism) Dreams - Humor = Fanaticism Dreams + Humor = Fantasy Reality + Dreams + Humor = Wisdom — Lin Yutang

I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic. — L'Wren Scott

There was a picture of the family over the mantelpiece, removed thither from the front room after Mrs. Osborne's death - George was on a pony, the elder sister holding him up a bunch of flowers; the younger led by her mother's hand; all with red cheeks and large red mouths, simpering on each other in the approved family-portrait manner. The mother lay underground now, long since forgotten - the sisters and brother had a hundred different interests of their own, and, familiar still, were utterly estranged from each other. Some few score of years afterwards, when all the parties represented are grown old, what bitter satire there is in those flaunting childish family-portraits, with their farce of sentiment and smiling lies, and innocence so self-conscious and self-satisfied. Osborne's — William Makepeace Thackeray

At various times over 20 years, I did preliminary designs for aircraft like the Stratolaunch. For that whole time I was encouraging us to do something that almost everyone else felt you could not do. — Burt Rutan

When you love yourself, then you are at peace. Wants or needs cannot destroy it — Debasish Mridha

I'm afraid I don't think I really have a life on which something can be written. — Italo Calvino

We went our several ways," said Lady Dedlock, "and had little in common even before we agreed to differ. It is to be regretted, I suppose, but it could not be helped. — Charles Dickens