Turgenieff Quotes & Sayings

The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy. — John Wesley

Age doth not rectify, but incurvate our natures, turning bad dispositions into worser habits. — Thomas Browne

The Iraqi regime is a threat of unique urgency ... It has developed weapons of mass death. — George W. Bush

I like part-time jobs in restaurants. — Tao Lin

Parthenon looked to me like an even number two or four. And even numbers are against my heart
I don't want to have anything with them. They stand too fast on their legs, they're well-ordered, they don't wish to be moved, they're conservative, satisfied. All problems solved, all desires fulfilled, they can be calm. Odd numbers, they have a rhythm familiar to my heart. The life of the odd numbers is not comfortably arranged. They don't like the world as it is, they wish to change it, improve it, push it forward. They stand on one leg, and they have the other one raised, prepared to go on. They are leaving. Where? To the next even number, where they stop for a while, breathe in, and go on marching again. — Nikos Kazantzakis

I think there is a longing in everyone for a personal relationship with God. — Martha McSally