Specialisation Internationale Quotes & Sayings

What is my purpose here? I may say, I just sat down to write, but I am not deceived. I have never done anything in my life that did not have a purpose, usually hidden, sometimes even from myself. — John Banville

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent. — Napoleon Bonaparte

A lot of my books deal with very controversial issues that most people often don't want to talk about, issues that, in my country, are more likely to get put under the carpet than get discussed. And when you talk about moral conundrums, about shades of gray, what you're doing is asking the people who want the world to be black and white to realize instead that maybe it's all right if it isn't. I know you'll learn something picking up my books, but my goal as a writer is not to teach you but to make you ask more questions. — Steven Tyler

In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children. — Herodotus

I want the world, I think. Even if it scares me. — Sara Barnard

Nothing is every quiet, except for fools. — Alan Paton

If all those Ph.D.'s were wrong, the country would be in very serious trouble. — Anonymous