Valatie New York Quotes & Sayings

Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it. — Henry Mintzberg

He was now in that state of fire that she loved. She wanted to be burnt. — Anais Nin

Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible. — Richard Feynman

Science and religion both make claims about the fundamental workings of the universe. Although these claims are not a priori incompatible (we could imagine being brought to religious belief through scientific investigation), I will argue that in practice they diverge. If we believe that the methods of science can be used to discriminate between fundamental pictures of reality, we are led to a strictly materialist conception of the universe. While the details of modern cosmology are not a necessary part of this argument, they provide interesting clues as to how an ultimate picture may be constructed. — Sean Carroll

You can tell when people think they're a little bit special, and it's quite fun to laugh at them, and I think it's good to laugh at them, because then you can deflate their egos a bit. — Hannah Murray

I came to this earth so that I could find my way back to my Beloved. — Rumi

I beg your pardon for questioning your judgement," she said. "It is nothing to me, after all, if it proves faulty. I am not the one responsible for the Marquess of Atherton's heir and sole offspring. I am not the one who will be toppled from my pedestal if the world learns I have not only permitted but encouraged my nephew to associate with the most shocking persons. I am not the one who-"
"I wish you were the one who had heard of the rule Silence is Golden," he said. — Loretta Chase

When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper. — Dan O'Brien

I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor. — Shirley Maclaine

One of the unique features of China is that, notwithstanding the fact that it has a population of 1.3 billion, around 92% regard themselves as Han Chinese. This is quite different from the world's other most populous countries, such as India, the U.S. and Indonesia, which are ethnically diverse. — Martin Jacques

Is there an island where people are awesome to each other with Starburst and Diet Pepsi? — Christopher Josephs