Unqualifyingly Quotes & Sayings

Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done. — Jacques Barzun

Anyway, if Calcutta today suffers in comparison, it's not really to other cities, but principally to itself and what it used to be. Anyone who has an idea of what Calcutta once was will find that vanished Calcutta the single most insurmountable obstacle to understanding, or sympathising with, the city today. — Amit Chaudhuri

no net ensnares me — Charlotte Bronte

Racists are everywhere, but historically speaking the real danger came from Progressives that desired the power of the state to engineer society upon a racial lines. — A.E. Samaan

Marriage is a very long process ... — Elizabeth Goudge

Risk" does not exist "out there," independent of our minds and culture, waiting to be measured. Human beings have invented the concept of "risk" to help them understand and cope with the dangers and uncertainties of life. Although these dangers are real, there is no such thing as "real risk" or "objective risk. — Daniel Kahneman

Before God can use a man greatly he must wound him deeply. — Oswald Chambers

Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave. — Lord Byron

Every couple of seconds out here they're honoring somebody. You've got to get dressed, go in and sit down. Invariably somebody makes a speech. — Dom DeLuise

We always know how the story ends. What we don't know is what happens along the way. — Ahdaf Soueif

We should never lower our dignity by lowering our language. — Ted E. Brewerton

What does the world know? Nothing! You simply get used to something, you accept it and acknowledge it, because your teacher has acknowledged it before you; everything is just a supposition - indeed, even time, space, motion, matter are suppositions. The world knows nothing, it merely accepts things ... — Knut Hamsun

Even American artists are terrorized by market forces. If one can't see the films, my wings are clipped. I am no longer concerned about this, because I'm focused on making films. Perhaps one day someone who discovers sunken treasures will reexamine my 35 or 36 films - I hope it will be 40 or 50 before I die. — Lina Wertmuller

They say nerves heal real slowly. Lots of things about us heal real slowly. — Buck Brannaman

My mother took care never to tell me to do anything. She would only reason with me sweetly, like one intelligent, mature person with another. — Sylvia Plath