Tasis Switzerland Quotes & Sayings

The maltreatment of the natural world and its impoverishment leads to the impoverishment of the human soul. It is related to the outburst of violence in human society. To save the natural world today means to save what is human in humanity. — Raisa Gorbacheva

His master plan was already dead, as his master plans usually were. — John Le Carre

Because no one is perfect, we all desperately need forgiveness. By forgiving others you allow them to be human, and in doing so it makes you more aware of how human you really are. Think of all the people you've judged because of their behavior. Isn't it true that some of them behave in very similar ways to you? There isn't a person on the face of this earth who doesn't need grace. — Kevin Leman

A chipped pebble is almost part of the hand it never leaves. A thrown spear declares a sort of independence the moment it is released ... The whole trend in technology has been to devise machines that are less and less under direct control and more and more seem to have the beginning of a will of their own. — Isaac Asimov

I never felt popular as a child and never had best friends. — Rachel Stevens

She made him want to lose control, something he never did. She also made him want things he'd never imagined for his own life, like a family and someone to come home to every night. — Katie Reus

I like to try to hit all of my dives. — Troy Dumais

There are extremes within any population, but on average, at least among young adults, those who feel lonely actually spend no more time alone than do those who feel more connected. They are no more or less physically attractive than average, and they do not differ, on average, from the non-lonely in terms of height, weight, age, education, or intelligence. Most important, when we look at the broad continuum (rather than just the extremes) of people who feel lonely, we find that they have the capacity to be just as socially adept as anyone else. Feeling lonely does not mean that we have deficient social skills. — John T. Cacioppo

Since shotguns are not military weapons, your local sporting goods dealer will have good information about them, as long as you aren't black, Spanish, or a white freak. — William Powell

Was and will make me ill, I take a gramme and only am. (Lenina) — Aldous Huxley