Vivir Del Quotes & Sayings

The Chinese went to their knees trying desperately to get their rifles into action, but the Mongols were on them too fast. Abusing their horses cruelly, they drove them right in among the riflemen, and men were kicked, stamped upon and died beneath frantic hooves. — Walter Kaylin

Nothing in baseball can bring me down to the level where I was growing up in Pine Bluff, crying and broke. This is fun for me. Whenever you see me slumping, nah, I don't get upset; I'm all right. — Torii Hunter

First: never use a long word if a short word will do. Second: if you want to make a statement with a great many qualifications, put some of the qualifications in separate sentences. Third: do not let the beginning of your sentence lead the reader to an expectation which is contradicted by the end. — Bertrand Russell

policy discussion usually means pitting one model against another. Viewpoints and policy prescriptions that aren't backed by a model typically don't have standing. — Dani Rodrik

Is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich people to manipulate the lives of thousands of people and then walk off with the money? — Newt Gingrich

Less than 8 percent of private sector workers belonged to a union in 2004, and, overall, only 12.5 percent of American workers carry a union card - down from about one-third of workers in labor's heydays in the 1950s. — Linda Chavez

How are you going to do great things if you are not committed to your work. — Deacon Jones

In fiction writing, I would say there are several different strands that have been woven through my own writing, and each influenced by a different group of writers. — Alan Lightman

I wasn't any good at sports, but I could name all the presidents by the time I was six. I've always been very interested in politics and in religion. — John Fugelsang

There is not a single outward mark of courtesy that does not have a deep moral basis. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe