Vilena Island Quotes & Sayings

Education lays the foundation of a large portion of the causes of mental disorder — Malcolm Gladwell

We must not then depend alone upon the love of liberty in the soul of man for its preservation. — John Adams

Even though she was annoyed that Shamus had trashed the apartment like a wayward rock star, Daisy had a weakness for Shamus. He — K.M. Morgan

Ruth said, "Love isn't just wanting another person the way you want to own an object you see in a store. That's just desire. You want to have it around, take it home and set it up somewhere in the apartment like a lamp. Love is"-she paused, reflecting-"like a father saving his children from a burning house, getting them out and denying himself. When you love you cease to live for yourself; you live for another person. — Philip K. Dick

Do not postpone your happiness to "achievement" of goals.
It is not worth postponing your happiness, even for a moment ...
Learn to "be happy" first, and then go about achieving your goals ... — Manoj Arora

Atticus - " said Jem bleakly. He turned in the doorway. "What, son?" "How could they do it, how could they?" "I don't know, but they did it. They've done it before and they did it tonight and they'll do it again and when they do it - seems that only children weep. Good night." But — Harper Lee

Every orchestra I know, every opera house I know, is desperately looking around trying to find new talent, new composing talent, supporting young composers, supporting new ideas, supporting new ways of getting the message across. — Esa-Pekka Salonen

Things come to those who wait
but only what was left by those who hussled — Someone

I'm a lot of things, but none of them are great. — Don Nelson

I didn't really like my Sydney accent - nobody likes the sound of their own voice - and when I was a little younger tried to change my accent gradually. But I've only ever really lived in Sydney and Los Angeles, so I haven't been influenced by the accents of some far-off land. — Callan McAuliffe

The more you focus on connection the more free you are on one hand and the more free you can be because the child does feel authentically connected to their destiny. — Shefali Tsabary

Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul? — Marcus Aurelius

I live in Palm Beach, where no one wants to hear bad news. — Jeff Greene

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull. — W. Somerset Maugham