Trocas Usadas Quotes & Sayings

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it
are no longer the same interpreters. — George Eliot

There already exists the electronic capability for the tracking of individual behavior by centralized networks of surveillance and record-keeping computers. It is highly probable that the conversion to nuclear energy production will provide precisely those basic material conditions most appropriate for using the power of the computer to establish a new and enduring form of despotism. Only by decentralizing our basic mode of energy production - by breaking the cartels that monopolize the present system of energy production and by creating new decentralized forms of energy technology - can we restore the ecological and cultural configuration that led to the emergence of political democracy in Europe. — Marvin Harris

If you can do something and not blow your own horn, it sure sounds a lot better. — Don Meyer

Those who are vain have little ability to feel grateful. — Mark Helprin

I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose them, and from the same good spirit we must find another strength. — Black Elk

There he was, just as she saw him: the shadow of someone she had never met. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

You can learn from anybody if you just know the right questions. The Bible says, "Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out" (Prov. 20:5 KJV). In other words, you can learn from anybody if you just learn to draw out his or her knowledge. And how do you do it? You draw it out by asking questions. We all know things that others don't, and others know things of which we are ignorant. That's why the Bible says, "Iron sharpens iron" (Prov. 27:17). — John Piper

It's not enough to tackle just the symptoms of poverty. You have to tackle the causes of poverty. — George Osborne

I decided to make news, not give it. — Daisy Fuentes