Vietonline Quotes & Sayings

I'm a great believer that saying yes is a lot more fun than saying no. — Richard Branson

It is a fact of life that oversimplified accounts of the development of science are often necessary in its teaching. Most scientific progress is a messy, complex and slow process; only with the hindsight of an overall understanding of a phenomenon can a story be told pedagogically rather than chronologically. This necessitates the distilling of certain events and personalities from the melee: those who are deemed to have made the most important contributions. It is inevitable therefore that the many smaller or less important advances scattered randomly across hundreds of years of scientific history tend to be swept up like autumn leaves into neat piles, on top of which sit larger-than-life personalities credited with taking a discipline forward in a single jump. Sometimes this is perfectly valid, and one cannot deny the genius of an Aristotle, a Newton, a Darwin or an Einstein. But it often leaves behind forgotten geniuses and unsung heroes. — Jim Al-Khalili

He rubbed his hands up and down, warming her. Then that's all you need to know. I have you. If there are beasties in the dark, they have to get through me — Tessa Dare

I want stuff to play as wide as possible. I want to be able to see ... if I could play the whole thing in a master and it could be compelling enough, that'd be great. Then it simplifies my day, it simplifies life for the actors when you could just focus on that. But by the same token I don't want to be forced into coverage. So I want it to be as good from every angle and I need to get as many of the kind of shadings that I want from every angle. — David Fincher

She was not a political creature. She felt that politics was the second most evil thing humanity had ever invented, just after lutefisk. — James S.A. Corey

To force a female to do things in male fashion is not equal opportunity, it is distorted idealism. — Gregory Hartley

Humiliation of soul always brings a positive blessing with it. If we empty our hearts of self, God will fill them with his love. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

If nonsatiety were the natural state of human nature then aggressive want-stimulating advertising would not be necessary, nor would the barrage of novelty aimed at promoting dissatisfaction with last year's model. The system attempts to remake people to fit its own presuppositions. If people's wants are not naturally insatiable we must make them so, in order to keep the system going. — Herman E. Daly

Geography bends to the dictate of will. — Michelle Sagara

It is a tragic fact that the vast majority of Christians today are living a sub-normal Christian life. — Billy Graham

Always radiate positive currents of ... Light, Goodness, Love, Kindness, Hope and Determination. — Robert Muller

PRE. For your dedication and loyalty to your principles and beliefs. For your love,warmth and friendship. For your family and friends. You are missed by so many and you will never be forgotten. — Steve Prefontaine