Tollas To Quotes & Sayings

The thirst for fame is much greater than that for virtue; for who would embrace virtue itself if you take away its rewards?
[Lat., Tanto major famae sitis est quam
Virtutis: quis enim virtutem amplectitur ipsam
Praemia se tollas.] — Juvenal

Why do so many of us not give ourselves permission to be alive until we are absolutely assured that we will die? ... If we are not in [this present millisecond of life and conscious experience], we are not alive; we are merely thinking our lives. Yet we have seen so many die, looking back over their shoulders at their lives, shaking their heads and muttering in bewilderment, "What was that all about?" — Stephen Levine

Irvine is such a safe, stable, planned community, and I'm a person who has a lot of inner longing for drama and romance. So I think in some way the structure of Irvine made me more creative because I had these boundaries, and I thought outside them. — Andrea Seigel

Two powerful people can't be friends. — Karan Johar

I'm a huge advocate of prayer. I've been praying since I was fifteen years old and the doctor told me I was going to be a mother and I was like "what?" I started praying that day that God would help me do what I needed to do to be a good mother and to raise this baby boy that I was going to be blessed with. I haven't stopped praying in years. — Cathy Hughes

Perhaps if zoologists would contemplate the wide variations presented by many plants of indubitably one and the same species, and the still wider diversities of long cultivated races from an original stock, they would find more than one instructive parallel to the case of the longest domesticated of all species, man. — Asa Gray

Swiss cheese model' of accidents. Imagine a series of safety — Tim Harford

It is safe to be me. I love life. I am always safe and secure. I move forward in life with joy and ease. All is well in my world. — Louise Hay

With that malignant envy which turns pale, And sickens, even if a friend prevail. — Charles Churchill

It was the irrepressible Twi'lek who finally said what they were all thinking but didn't have the courage to bring up. You know you both naked, right? — Drew Karpyshyn

As an actor there are no drawbacks. — John Malkovich

Relationships are working either for our good and success, or they are harming us — Sunday Adelaja

I looked at the canine companion. Me cookies. You stay. — Ilona Andrews

I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. — Anna Quindlen

I know in Britain with 'Doctor Who' all the classic actors, and the people who you'd really want to, work on the show. I like that the fact that 'Torchwood' has actors that want to be involved from the stage. It has raised our game, and I'm just happy for good actors who want to be in sci-fi shows who love the genre. — Burn Gorman

This is a critical time for the industry and for Microsoft. Make no mistake, we are headed for greater places - as technology evolves and we evolve with and ahead of it. Our job is to ensure that Microsoft thrives in a mobile and cloud-first world. — Satya Nadella