Vereaus Quotes & Sayings

Hope ... is not a feeling; it is something you do. — Katherine Paterson

We are warmed by fire, not by the smoke of the fire. We are carried over the sea by a ship, not by the wake of a ship. So too, what we are is to be sought in the invisible depths of our own being, not in our outward reflection in our own acts. We must find our real selves not in the froth stirred up by the impact of our being upon the beings around us, but in our own soul which is the principle of all our acts. — Thomas Merton

You become who you pretend to be. — Kurt Vonnegut

They decreed that rabbis were no longer to function as rabbis, that they could not teach, or decide Jewish questions in rabbinical courts, or be paid by their community. Each of them had to announce in the Yiddish press that he had ceased all rabbinical duties and that no one was to consult him about anything. This was to be the end of hundreds and hundreds of years of religious life. — Lucy Beckett

For alarmingly large chunks of an average day, I am a moron. — Nick Hornby

It seemed like whenever I got a bona fide offer from Ferrari, I couldn't do it. And vice versa - when I was ready, their seats were taken. We always had a relationship, but what's important is that I pretty much started my F1 career with them and ended it there, too. — Mario Andretti

Nan always said that as long as there is life, there is hope. — Sabaa Tahir

If one's mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful. — Ramana Maharshi

It's clear that science and science fiction have overlapping populations. — Frederik Pohl

People are always coming up to me, thinking I've got some magic wand that can make them a star and I want to tell them that no one can do that. Making hit records is not that easy. But it took me time to realize that myself. — Dr. Dre

There's so many mysteries related to how flies are able to make their way through the world. I'd certainly like to know a lot more about how their brain works. I'd certainly like to know a lot more about just how they're put together. I mean, these animals are basically, topologically, spheres. They don't have bones as we do, of course. — Michael Dickinson

My battle weapons in life are very simple; my weapons are love and kindness. — Debasish Mridha