Ubang Quotes & Sayings

There was a time in the ancient world - a very long time - in which the central cultural problem must have seemed an inexhaustible outpouring of books. Where to put them all? How to organize them on the groaning shelves? How to hold the profusion of knowledge in one's head? The loss of this plenitude would have been virtually inconceivable to anyone living in its midst.
Then, not all at once but with the cumulative force of a mass extinction, the whole enterprise came to an end. What looked stable turned out to be fragile, and what had seemed for all time was only for the time being. — Stephen Greenblatt

Energy and curiosity are the lifeblood of universities; the desire to find out, to uncover, to dig deeper, to puzzle out obscurities, is the spirit of the university, and it is a channelling of that unresting curiosity that holds mankind together. — Robertson Davies

Love is not a feeling; it's a sensation. Drinking water when you're thirsty is a sensation, not a feeling. Being in nature or swimming in the sea is a sensation, not a feeling. Lying down when you're tired is sensational, not a feeling, although you may say it feels good. Feeling is an emotional interpretation of experience and these sensations don't need interpretation; they are just good or right. Making physical love rightly is a sensation, not a feeling. So is the love of God. The same goes for joy and beauty; both are sensational.' — Barry Long

Preventing the conflicts of tomorrow means changing the mind-set of youth today. — Graca Machel

Playing with Paul Scholes is like playing with the light on. — Carlos Queiroz

I was in love with Scott Bennett. That I had been in love with him my whole life, practically. — Meg Cabot

I never really excelled in any particular subject, but I was just alright at all of them. I never really knew what I wanted to do until I discovered drama. — Chris Geere

I change the world, the world changes me. — Libba Bray

The physical body is assembled just like a chair or a building or a flower, but the revolutions we start, the people we affect and inspire, that is eternal. So, in that respect, we do achieve immortality, and that makes me less fearful. — Madonna Ciccone

All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other. — August Wilson