Und Wenn Quotes & Sayings

At one time he [Cornelius Vanderbilt] personally controlled some 10 percent of all the money in circulation in the United States. — Bill Bryson

Children naturally believe without question and absorb knowledge at an incredible rate; since there is no other frame of reference; they believe their parental reality, true or false. — David W. Earle

I saw a lot of people have success handed to them that then exploited it. They didn't protect it or cherish it. — Aaron Paul

We are only in charge when we are willing to let others take charge. — Simon Sinek

Lawyers rarely test their power, or the power they promote, against this simple pragmatic question: "Will it do good?" When challenged about the expanding reach of the law, the lawyer answers, "Why not? — Lawrence Lessig

I don't watch movie trailers. I just go to the movie, and I don't know anything about it, because that's the only way I appreciate the movie fully. — Skylar Grey

Can we get control of an individual to the point where he will do our bidding against his will and even against fundamental laws of nature such as self preservation? (CIA Document, Project ARTICHOKE, MORI ID 144686, 1952)
As cited by Dr Ellen P. Lacter, p57 — Orit Badouk Epstein

Mr. Okada," she said, "I believe that you are entering a phase of your life in which many different things will occur. The disappearance of your cat is only the beginning." "Different things," I said. "Good things or bad things?" She tilted her head in thought. "Good things and bad things. Bad things that seem good at first, and good things that seem bad at first." "To me, that sounds very general," I said. — Haruki Murakami

Fiction is the truth in the lie. — Stephen King

Come, let me know whether thou art a
creature of good or not.' And he replied: 'I am a man. — Chretien De Troyes

Anybody who knows me knows my vote can't be bought. — Judy Davis

A man and a woman can love each other so deeply that their hearts beat as if they were one heart, and yet, at the same time, know that they are utterly hopelessly different. — Philippa Gregory

Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don't have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead. — Ajahn Chah

There is the process of enlarging a watercolour, which actually amounts to copying its good points and improving its bad ones, and is interesting proportionately as the latter increase. — Walter J. Phillips