Stavland Quotes & Sayings

Ted Kennedy's inspiration will loom large over our politics for years to come, uplift us in the healthcare fight, and help to achieve his dream of liberty and justice for all. — Christine Pelosi

Everyone knows of the talking artists. Throughout all of the known history of the world they have gathered in rooms and talked. They talk of art and are passionately,almost feverishly, in earnest about it. They think it matters much more than it does. — Sherwood Anderson

One has to wait without impatience for what should come, and yet at the same time do everything within one's power as though one were impatient and as though one were solely responsible. — Rodney Collin

Some great poet or philosopher once said that " he who goes to nature for comfort must go to her empty handed " , and I think he was right. — Flora Thompson

See what's inside a drop of water. The whole seed of the universe. Come, come. See what's inside a drop of blood. The composition of life. It's all there. Hate as well. We approach the mystery of life, but it's impossible to understand the mystery of hate. The kind of hate that causes people not only to kill, but to want to erase you from the census of births. I have to concentrate on that mystery. Read everything there is. It has to be in a drop of blood. It has to have its chemistry. — Manuel Rivas

London; a nation, not a city. — Benjamin Disraeli

The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes. — Henry A. Kissinger

My stepfather introduced me to The London Library when I was about 18; the clientele has definitely changed since then, but it is still a wonderful oasis in the middle of London. — Natascha McElhone

(about Kindles) I have one and I use it most nights. I always imagine the books staring and whispering, Traitor! — Robin Sloan

Where the questions of religion are concerned people are guilty of every possible kind of insincerity and intellectual misdemeanor. — Sigmund Freud

His expression practically hung out a shingle announcing the topic was off-limits. — Myra McEntire

The return of Jesus will be personal, physical, visible and glorious. — Alistair Begg

First, you begin to find out how selfish this wonderful person is. Second, you discover that the wonderful person has been going through a similar experience and he or she begins to tell you how selfish you are. And third, though you acknowledge it in part, you conclude that your spouse's selfishness is more problematic than your own. This is especially true if you feel that you've had a hard life and have experienced a lot of hurt. — Timothy Keller

There is far more to us than what we live. — Rana Dasgupta