Variational Principle Quotes & Sayings

I felt my aloneness like a coat. You think you get used to death in the dying. But after the dying is done, you see how the end is the beginning. — Elizabeth Berg

What is Truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the "voice within" tells you. All that I can in true humility present to you is that Truth is not to be found by anybody who has not got an abundant sense of humility. If you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth you must reduce yourself to zero. — Mahatma Gandhi

We should have communicated to Iran that we are prepared, that we are considering military options. They're not just on the table, they are in our hands. — Mitt Romney

McKee's a genius. And hillarious. You'll like him, too, Charles. He's all for originality, just like you.
He says that we have to realize that we all write in a genre and we must find our originality within that genre.
As it turns out, there hasn't been a new genre since Fellini invented the mockumentary.

My genre's thriller, what's yours? — Donald Kaufman

Raven scowled at her. 'Fine. But if I accidentally shoot you because my aim is shaky, because I'm too tense, because I wasn't given the chance to relax before going into a potentially very dangerous situation, you'll be happy blaming only yourself? — A. Ashley Straker

You're driving with your eyes closed. — Don Henley

What if orthodoxy is the greatest of all heresies? — Daniel Thompson

Her eyes were enlarged and faded with discovering what, by common human agreement, is better undivulged. — Shirley Hazzard

My music teacher was like, "Ester, you need to pay attention in class." I'm like, "No miss lady, 'cause I can sing." I didn't want anybody to change the way I sung. I learned by gospel CDs and by watching my momma sing; I didn't need this teacher to tell me. I wish I had, because then I would have learned how to play the damn piano or something. I would have a couple of more things under my belt if I wasn't so hard-headed. — Ester Dean

In Jefferson's mind democracy was tantamount to extreme individualism. — Herbert Croly

God's highest desire is not to make us rich, successful or popular. His goal is to make us His — Max Lucado

I think I've got the best job around. — Ron Wyden

Everything's simpler without constraints. — Erin Bowman

Duty does not consist in suffering everything, but in suffering everything for duty. Sometimes, indeed, it is our duty not to suffer. — Alexandre Vinet

Cease your weeping!" he said. "It is I, Loki, here to rescue you!"
Idunn glared at him with red-rimmed eyes. "It is you who are the source of my troubles." she said.
"Well, perhaps. But that was so long ago. That was yesterday's Loki. Today's Loki is here to save you and take you home. — Neil Gaiman