Sleighbell Lane Quotes & Sayings

No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values. — Tariq Ramadan

We usually believe that the tamer is attacked by the lion and that the tamer stops his attack by raising his whip or firing a blank. Wrong: the lion was fed and sedated before it entered the cage and doesn't feel like attacking anybody. Like all animals, it has its own space; if you don't invade that space, the lion remains calm. When the tamer steps forward, invading it, the lion roars; the tamer then raises his whip, but also takes a step backward (as if in expectation of a charge), whereupon the lion calms down. — Umberto Eco

One catfish does not make a creek, nor one hero a nation. — William Cowper Brann

People cling to their rotten memories, to all their misfortunes, and you can't pry them loose. These things keep them busy. They avenge themselves for the injustice of the present by smearing the future inside them with this shit. They're cowards deep down, and just. That's their nature. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine

My dear fellow, I am prepared to prove anything. — Oscar Wilde

I have found that I have no unusual endowments of intellect, but this day I resolve that I will be an uncommon Christian. — David Livingstone

Abolition of slavery had been the deepest desire and the great labor of my life — Frederick Douglass

I find it more credible, since it is anterior information, that one man should know heaven, as the Chinese say, than that so many men should know the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Only you get to decide how you stand, what you stand for, and when you do it. — Penny Reid

Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety. — Joseph Joubert

Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal. — Robert Genn

This is one of the pitfalls of being nice: You end up overexerting yourself. That's why one of the most important things to learn after you master good behavior is how to say no gracefully. It's ultimately better for everyone, because you don't burn out and wind up in a mental institution, making you no good to anyone at all. — Tim Gunn

Maybe he is starting to understand. I don't really care, though. I do not want to be anyone's model for becoming a better person. — E.K. Johnston

When you make music you have to listen to people's opinions and keep working on your music. A lot of people will try to get you down because they don't realize how much you love it or maybe they are just jealous ... Sure it will never be perfect, but never give up and work until you'll be satisfied! — Marilou

There are sometimes problems for which there is no immediate solution, and there are sometimes problems for which there is no solution. — Lawrence Eagleburger