Victor Erice Quotes & Sayings

A person can be religious and still respect secular values and not talk about Jesus all the time as though every American believed in Jesus. — Susan Jacoby

our fate is determined by our actions. Day in and day out, we determine where our life will lead. — Christina George

No Child Left Behind widens the gap between the races more than any piece of educational legislation I've seen in 40 years. It denies inner-city kids the critical-thinking skills to interrogate reality. — Jonathan Kozol

no one is ever too old to dye Easter eggs. — Ricky Dillon

I feel sorry for the man who marries you ... because everyone thinks you're sweet and you're not. — Harold Brodkey

I don't have a spiritual bone in my body; but what I am, is religious. — Julie Burchill

We aren't different, from the others. — Deyth Banger

She struggled in thought to discover why it was she felt that these people did not read books and that she herself did. She felt that she could look at the end, and read here and there a little and know; know something, something they did not know. People thought it was silly, almost wrong to look at the end of a book. But if it spoilt a book, there was something wrong about the book. If it was finished and the interest gone when you know who married who, what was the good of reading at all? It was a sort of trick, a sell. Like a puzzle that was no more fun when you had found it out. There was something more in books than that. . even Rosa Nouchette Carey and Mrs. Hungerford, something that came to you out of the book, any bit of it, a page, even a sentence - and the "stronger" the author was the more came. — Dorothy M. Richardson

Kindness is not entered onto the great ledger of civilisation. — Matthew De Abaitua

I used to be mad on the games, but I had to ban myself. I used to spend three dollars on games, [but] it adds up, so now I'm on the social side of things like Twitter and Instagram. I love my weather apps. I guess because all the Brits are obsessed with weather. — Tom Felton

By this time the Vietnam War was such a confusing issue to most Americans that Nixon could take as many positions as he liked and find support somewhere for them all. Roughly equal numbers wanted to expand the war as negotiate a peace. — Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy

In college, everything's structured. In the NBA, it's like, you have a lot of free time, and you have to use it wisely. A lot of the time, you're in a hotel room all day. And rest is really the most important thing. Then, just trying to enjoy yourself and have fun. — Trey Burke

You're never a failure until you fail to get up. — Evel Knievel

Once I make a picture, I never look at it again. — George Sidney