Vidonice Quotes & Sayings

Elephants are so wise and so funny and so endangered and so intelligent. I just think there is a lot to learn from them. — Gloria Steinem

Given the fact that many thousands of female workers are active in history, it is vital for the trade unions to incorporate them into their movement. — Clara Zetkin

I'm expecting a miracle. Don't taint it with logic. — Ofir Touche Gafla

If a wish turns to hope, it's worth chasing. (Lucas Warbuck: Darkotika - Book 2) — Ariel Roma

And what delights can equal those That stir the spirit's inner deeps, When one that loves but knows not, reaps A truth from one that loves and knows? — Alfred Lord Tennyson

the best use of one's life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. Life's value is not its duration but its donation - not how long we live but how fully and how well.1 — J. Oswald Sanders

I've been thinking about it, since you said it," said Seivarden. No, said Mercy of Kalr. "And I've concluded that I don't want to be a captain. But I find I like the thought that I could be. — Ann Leckie

She always saw through him, as if he were just another window. She always felt that she knew everything about him that could be known. Not that he was simple, but that he was knowable, like a list of errands, like an encyclopedia. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Established, tall-steeple, fixed-pew churches are like Budweiser. They work for plenty of people. But not for everyone. And the number of people they are working for is shrinking. The church needs to start thinking like a microbrew: offer something different. Not because you think it's going to be the next big thing; it may just be the next - thing. — Jerry Herships

Can the leopard change his spots?" Emrys mused. "Leopards have, but the other leopards don't like it. — Jo Graham

If the day is done, if birds sing no more, if the wind has flagged tired, then draw the veil of darkness thick upon me, even as thou hast wrapt the earth with the coverlet of sleep and tenderly closed the petals of the drooping lotus at dusk. From the traveller, whose sack of provisions is empty before the voyage is ended, whose garment is torn and dustladen, whose strength is exhausted, remove shame and poverty, and renew his life like a flower under the cover of thy kindly night. — Rabindranath Tagore

Sometimes, the darkest part of the morning is just before dawn — Janette Oke

Respect for woman, the much lauded chivalry of the Middle Ages, meant what I fear it still means to some men in our own day - respect for the elect few among whom they expect to consort. — Anna Julia Cooper

A good score should have a point of view all of its own. It should transcend all that has gone before, stand on its own two feet and still serve the movie. A great soundtrack is all about communicating with the audience, but we all try to bring something extra to the movie that is not entirely evident on screen. — Hans Zimmer