Valentov Jana Quotes & Sayings

Without an allegiance to beauty, art degenerates into a caricature of itself. It is beauty that animates aesthetic experience, making it so seductive; but aesthetic experience itself degenerates into a kind of fetish or idol if it is held up as an end in itself, untested by the rest of life. — Roger Kimball

You'll never see the president carry his own luggage, and why? Because even though we know he has luggage, it would reduce his stature if he was too much like us. We need to think of our leaders as being above us, even though they must still relate to us. — Simon Sinek

What are wits for unless a man uses them? — Ellis Peters

There's something magical about a woman who feels comfortable in her own skin. — Brooke Burke

Listen ..Think ..Can you hear the words in their silence ?'-Fida Qutob — Fida Fayez Qutob & Dalia Qutob

Terror became a big issue when the Reagan Administration came in. They immediately announced [their plans] and kind of disparaged Carter's alleged human rights programs. The main issue is state-directed international terrorism. Right at that time that big industry developed. That's when you start getting the academic departments on terrorism. — Noam Chomsky

My kids are my No. 1 priority. They're the light in my everyday life. The sunshine. The miracle. Those eyes. Those smiles. At the same time, I have an extended, amazing family that is my audience. All these people have been with me for such a long time. I have these two responsibilities. — Thalia

I work with people I admire and respect. It's never because of who they are. — Alexander McQueen

I've been studying how quickly we can get energy out to the poor countries - a lot of which are in Africa - and how little progress we've made there. There's no more electricity today in sub-Saharan Africa per person than there was 20 years ago. — Bill Gates

Your cellphone has 10 sensors, and your car has 400. But your body has none - that's going to change. — Vinod Khosla

A woman indeed can't properly be said to choose, all that is allowed her, is to refuse or accept what is offered. — Mary Astell

If you want to get a child to love you, then you should just go hide in the closet for three or for hours. They get down on their knees and pray for you to return. That child will turn you into God. Lonely children probably wrote the Bible. — Heather O'Neill

The female archangel leaned back in her chair. 'I woke to the sound of something tapping against my window. I assumed it to be a trapped bird and got up to release it.'
The image should've been incongruous with Michaela's selfish beauty, but there was a powerful sense of truth in her words. Perhaps, to be 'human' in her eyes, you had to have wings. — Nalini Singh

Of course I litter the public highway. Every chance I get. After all, it's not the beer cans that are ugly; it's the highway that is ugly. — Edward Abbey

Think before you speak, think twice before you shout, think three times before you go mad. — William, Saroyan