Velian Sobres Quotes & Sayings

Of all the commentaries on the Scriptures, good examples are the best. — John Donne

I could have worse tags than 'Airmiles Andy' - although I don't know what they are. — Prince Andrew

There's something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it's not something that you get over. I don't believe there's a healing process. — Chris Cornell

We do not have bodies - we are bodies! What could possibly be wrong with that form of consciousness? It is all energy anyways. — Christopher Zzenn Loren

Like most geniuses, the Countess was a very limited person. Sigmund Freud was so ignorant of the art that Surrealist painters had to explain then- use of Freudian symbols over and over again, and he still didn't get it. Einstein never could remember to take the biscuits out of oven. Those same forces that drive a genius to create things or ideas that entertain or enlighten us often gobble so much of his personality that he has none left for the social graces (Should you invite Van Gogh to your home he might stand on your sofa in his muddy boots and pee where he pleased), and the very act of creation requires such focused concentration that vast areas of knowledge may be completely overlooked. Well, so what? There is no evidence that generalized skills are in any way superior to specialized brilliance, and certainly that sputter less little candle. Same of the mediocre mind known as "common sense" has never produced anything worth celebrating. — Tom Robbins

You think Ivy's a planner? She has nothing on a motivated elf with too much money. — Kim Harrison

Our goals are the same, to have a just system of economics and politics, to let the people of the world share in growth, in peace, in personal freedom, and in the benefits to be derived from the proper utilization of natural resources. We believe in enhancing human rights. We believe that we should enhance, as independent nations, the freedom of our own people. — Jimmy Carter

Drosophila has long been our main workhorse in genetics, yielding insight in the relation between chromosomes and genes. — Frans De Waal

Careful patience is the fastest way! — Ajahn Brahm

Living with computers gives funny ideas. — Wim Crouwel

I've taken every writing class I've had available. I took classes in high school, and I took English and writing classes in community college, but I dropped out of college. I also attended a local writing workshop two years ago. — Amanda Hocking