Vildosola 2015 Quotes & Sayings

They used to rush through here, and it was wonderful to watch, it was the hurry of men who knew where they were going and were eager to get there. Now they're hurrying because they are afraid. It's not a purpose that drives them, it's fear. — Ayn Rand

Good is not good enough when better is expected — Lou Lamoriello

The Internet is the first technology since the printing press which could lower the cost of a great education and, in doing so, make that cost-benefit analysis much easier for most students. It could allow American schools to service twice as many students as they do now, and in ways that are both effective and cost-effective. — John Katzman

We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive. — Orson Scott Card

Gallows humor is part of having a doctor in the house. Deal with it. — J.R. Ward

It seems to me quite disastrous that the idea should have got about that Christianity is an other-worldly, unreal, idealistic kind of religion that suggests that if we are good we shall be happy. On the contrary, it is fiercely and even harshly realistic, insisting that there are certain eternal achievements that make even happiness look like trash. — Dorothy L. Sayers

He had given Sarah this robe three birthdays ago. It was one of the few gifts he had given her that she actually used. He — Barbara Delinsky

I don't see any division between the comic and the tragic. I feel like I'm writing about serious things, and humour is one of my tools. It's not contrived, just part of my world, part of the way things are to me. — Miriam Toews

To me so deep a silence portends some dread event; a clamorous sorrow wastes itself in sound. — Sophocles

Today in Saudi, women are either at the mercy of their husbands or at the mercy of judges who tend to side with the husbands. The only circumstance that a woman can ask for a divorce or a 'khali' is when her husband is in total agreement with her or if she comes from a very powerful family who decide to back her up. — Basmah Bint Saud

Don't cry," Samarra whispered, "Nothing ever happens to the brave. — Fatima Bhutto

Today is a new day! You have the opportunity to pick up life's pen and change your story. Become the hero; the greatest hero in your story, and you'll see how much more exciting your life will be. You will watch your goals and dreams transition from something you simply hoped for to something within your powerful grasp. — Steve Maraboli

In ecological terms, we are almost paradoxical: large-bodied and long-lived but grotesquely abundant. We are an outbreak. — David Quammen

Nature has not got two voices, you know, one of them condemning all day what the other commands. — Marquis De Sade