Stephen Tindall Quotes & Sayings

I think I know what it is but don't ask me to play it — John Coltrane

My expectations from the university were perhaps too idealistic. I had dreams of learning things about innovation and discovery in the field of technology, but all of it hit the ground hard, when I faced with the pathetic reality of the so-called higher education system. To my surprise, I found myself stuck behind the walls of meaningless facts, figures and rankings. It occurred to me that, it was not actually a place for education, rather it was a place where you go to get your head filled with useless undigested information, that you'd probably never use throughout your entire life. It was not education, and moreover, it was definitely not science. — Abhijit Naskar

I have a lot of respect for aspects of Islam, but I would not choose to live in a theocratically organised Muslim society. — John Rhys-Davies

Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain. — Marcus Aurelius

I'd love to go off to college to study photography, art history, humanities. — Mia Wasikowska

In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough. — Chuck Schumer

When inspiration is silent reason tires quickly. — Roger Zelazny

I don't consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I've benefited from the sacrifice of others. So if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it's worth the trade-off with my own privacy. — Tim Cook

When I was in high school, my mom worked at Bed, Bath and Beyond, so I was always there. — Abbi Jacobson

The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become. — Meryl Streep

Don't we all have an itch for kitsch? — Matei Calinescu

The smile that teased her lips transformed her face from beautiful to breathtakingly beautiful in a matter of seconds. He was damn thankful that she didn't know the effect that had on him or she'd do it to bring him to his knees and god help him, but he'd love every fucking second of it. — R.L. Mathewson

People that are much younger in areas that are much more, kind of, disenfranchised, I guess, as far as the gay movement goes, they still have a language that they've discovered around things. And they have a vocabulary to use, and they have a way to express themselves even when they're not accepted. — Amy Ray

It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries. — Magdi Yacoub

Memory, imagination, and passionately responding in accord with the deeply embedded impulse to act with decency are pliable mechanisms that we can employ to attain happiness. — Kilroy J. Oldster