Veldsla Quotes & Sayings

By ... [selecting] the youths of genius from among the classes of the poor, we hope to avail the State of those talents which nature has sown as liberally among the poor as the rich, but which perish without use if not sought for and cultivated. — Thomas Jefferson

Father, it's Wistala. Wistala."
Father grimaced. "You're a star, Wistala - I saw you twinkling beneath dear Irelia last night. You, Auron, and Jizara all in a row. I'll be up there soon. Wait. — E.E. Knight

Vicky had once told her that she should not be ashamed of her pubic hair. Pubic hair was what men expected to see on women. Vicky said that there was a young prostitute at the Centre who had no pubic hair & many customers were known to shy off her because they thought that she was diseased. So Phyllis was resigned to displaying her pubic hair to all who wanted to see it.[MMT] — Nicholas Chong

There is no doubt something will be done sooner or later to enable us to put on a house every day, just as we put on clothes or choose a book to read or a theater to go to, like choosing a day to be lived, within the limits grated by other destinies or chances. — Ettore Sottsass

The law is more easily understood by few than many words. For all words are subject to ambiguity, and therefore multiplication of words in the body of the law is multiplication of ambiguity. Besides, it seems to imply (by too much diligence) that whosoever can evade the words is without the compass of the law. — Thomas Hobbes

It must be the aim of education to teach the citizen that he must first of all rule himself. — Winthrop W. Aldrich

Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers. — Napoleon Bonaparte

If you have an open, loving, positive attitude, anything burdensome in life can be lightened! — James Van Praagh

That distant look characteristic of people who do not wish to be agreeable ... — Marcel Proust

Well," he said, "f'r example, if they ask where you've come from, you could say 'Behind me,'and if they asked where you're going, you'd say 'In front of me. — Neil Gaiman

Poetry itself is music. I'm just lucky that I can convert it into music. — Benjamin Clementine

As a bio major, I figured "free will" meant chemicals in your brain telling you what to do, the molecules bouncing around in a way that felt like choosing but was actually the dance of little gears
neurons and hormones bubbling up into decisions like clockwork. You don't use your body; it uses you. — Scott Westerfeld

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots. — Victor Hugo

I think it's important to make art that is not that easily absorbable, that is a challenge to the authorities. — Lisa Yuskavage

Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It's probably the only sport I enjoy. — Ai Weiwei