Unexpected Destinations Quotes & Sayings

The longer she looked down the more scared she became of the growing urge to throw herself off. — Catherine O'Flynn

One may be branded foolishly honest if he takes seriously the apologies others might offer. We should regard all apologies a sham and forgiving also as a sham; then everything would be all right. If one wants to make another apologize from his heart, he has to pound him good and strong until he begs for mercy from his heart — Soseki Natsume

But more classrooms and more teachers are not enough. We must seek an educational system which grows in excellence as it grows in size. This means better training for our teachers. It means preparing youth to enjoy their hours of leisure as well as their hours of labor. It means exploring new techniques of teaching, to find new ways to stimulate the love of learning and the capacity for creation. — Lyndon B. Johnson

Sometimes, Johan ... " He offered a self-deprecating grin. "It would be easier to forget the past." I understood, although I didn't know that he knew that. "Sometimes ... but without the past we wouldn't be who we are. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.

Everyone else has some interest in economic growth and development, which often happens at the expense of the environment and community. We need the other side to join this to check and balance. — Ma Jun

Metaphor has traditionally been regarded as the matrix and pattern of the figures of speech. — Marshall McLuhan

When you listen to the music in this film [Despicable Me], it's working on the level of melody, but the other key element is lyrics. There are a number of songs in the film where the lyrics themselves are very much speaking to the essence of what Ted Geisel was setting out to do. — Christopher Meledandri

Nobody can fail to lose weight in the jungle, unless they've got a secret stash of pork pies somewhere. — Colin Baker

Every morning when I get up, I ask God what he wants me to do, ask him to lead me to the right people to help them. — Richard Simmons

Alcohol didn't cause the high crime rates of the '20s and '30s, Prohibition did. And drugs do not cause today's alarming crime rates, but drug prohibition does. — James Carriger Paine

Colleges [have] forfeited the responsibilities of in loco parentis and have gone into the pimping and brothel business. — Vigen Guroian