Vecruntime140 Quotes & Sayings

My greatest problem was stamps, envelopes, paper and wine, with the world on the edge of World War II. — Charles Bukowski

You cannot express in the outside world what does not exist in the inside world. — Rebekah Elizabeth Gamble

Labour ministers often look puzzled when reports show that Britain has one of the lowest levels of social mobility in the developed world. They just don't get it. They see poverty, inequality, fairness, as all about income. For the past 12 years, they have relied on tax credits to solve this. But tax credits do not solve poverty: they mask it. — Theresa May

Relationships: It takes wisdom to know when to turn the page and courage to know when to close the book. — Steve Maraboli

All knowledge that is about human society, and not about the natural world, is historical knowledge, and therefore rests upon judgment and interpretation. This is not to say that facts or data are nonexistent, but that facts get their importance from what is made of them in interpretation ... for interpretations depend very much on who the interpreter is, who he or she is addressing, what his or her purpose is, at what historical moment the interpretation takes place. — Edward W. Said

She dressed carefully in her favorite shade: pale green, more delicate than the earliest leaves, known as "waters of the Nile," or in the far more sophisticated French "eau de Nil." It was the softest silk, floating when she moved, and the sheen of it caught the light. Naturally it was the latest cut: soft at the shoulder and neck, smooth and slender at the hip. Pearls might have been more appropriate considering the name of the color, but she wore diamonds. She wanted the fire and the sparkle. — Anne Perry

Who loves you most? Who loves you best? Who thinks of you when others rest? — Elizabeth Gilbert

If you run into a Buddha, then that energy field, the "rad" level is so high, it's incalculable. Their effect on an individual is for many, many, many, many, many, many lifetimes. — Frederick Lenz

It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner. — Edward Everett

True faith is not a leap into the dark; it's a leap into the light — Eric Metaxas

You were praised for humility by people because you did not make them feel any more lacking than they already did. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I am who I am,but not who you are. — Ivan Veljanoski

We were infinite — Stephen Chbosky

Remember, you will always fail in business if you don't try to open your own business. — Steven Ivy Attorney Entrepreneur

If we follow the example of Jesus Christ and become true peacemakers, that flood of love will cover the earth as with a blanket. — Theodore M. Burton