Vinokur Vladimir Quotes & Sayings

She wore defeat like a piece of cheap jewelry. "Worshiping them. Anointing them with oil, Mrs. Gervais," I said. — Pat Conroy

Some are whigs, liberals, democrats, call them what you please. Others are tories, serviles, aristocrats, &c. The latter fear the people, and wish to transfer all power to the higher classes of society; the former consider the people as the safest depository of power in the last resort; they cherish them therefore, and wish to leave in them all the powers to the exercise of which they are competent. — Thomas Jefferson

My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman. — George Stigler

He didn't have much strength to offer, but what he did have was hers without question. — Mira Grant

The philosopher had rescued her. The unknown letter writer had saved her from the triviality of everyday existence. — Jostein Gaarder

Accept your symptoms, don't complain of them; immerse yourself in your suffering. — Franz Kafka

You break out of the box by stepping into shackles.
From Imagine: How Creativity Works pg 23 (hardcover) — Jonah Lehrer

Sometimes being in control of everything comes with a lot of challenges. — Arlene Dickinson