Stenkee Quotes & Sayings

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. — Thomas Jefferson

We accept the love we think we deserve — John Green

She's incredible, not that she's perfect. But you once said imperfections create character. — Ellen Hopkins

What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition. — Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Bill is about moving forward on a long overdue provision to protect vulnerable paid farm workers in Alberta to the same degree that they are protected in every other province in the country, and we feel confident that once people see how the bill actually applies to the regular family farm, they will see that a lot of the concerns were perhaps misplaced. And it's unfortunate that we created a situation that made people worry; that was not ever our intention. — Rachel Notley

There is no diffused light on anything international so that a comparatively whole scene may be observed. Light is sharply directed on one spot, leaving not only the greater part in darkness but also denying by implication that the great unlighted field exists. It is no longer profitable, with few exceptions, to ask people what they think, for you will be told what the wish, instead. Perhaps at no other period in the history of the world have people lived in such a dreamy state. People even waste time denouncing their enemies in open warfare for shooting back too hard, or too accurately. There is no attempt to be accurate as to truth, however. The whole idea is to be complimentary to one's self and keep alive the dream. The other man's side commits gross butcheries. One's own side wins smashing victories. — Zora Neale Hurston

Sovereignty is no longer achievable — Lucien Bouchard

I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a voice in this business. — Selma Blair

That's what I love about being mayor. Even if the problem is getting the cat out of the tree - from that to the biggest problem, you're in charge. No ambiguity. Leaders lead. — Shirley Franklin

The judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth. — Carl Jung

It is the illusion of magic and the magic of illusion that we are primarily interested in- not the privy tricks or the key to the secrets themselves. We seek the bafflement, the contradictions, the amusements, and the innumerable emotions that ripple uneasily through the audience. It is not knowledge we are after, but mystery and disguises. We want to gaze at the impossible. We are hungry for surprises, astonishment. In short, we are looking for a true story, but one impossible to explain in all its complexity. When we discover that story, we shall have found- magic. — Edward Claflin

A more down-to-earth project run by the Soviets had determined that eight square meters of algae - an expanse of pond scum about the size of two ping-pong tables - was needed to keep a single human supplied with oxygen. — Neal Stephenson

No one in the world loved you quite the way a younger sibling did. — Laura Lippman

I am able to say that while I am not ruggedly well, I am not ill enough to excite an undertaker. — Mark Twain

It's better to obey God rather than men. — Brother Andrew