Vlcek Shop Quotes & Sayings

Four construction workers sit around four greasy bowls in silence. The cook, an old man who died several days ago, has been allowed to rot on his stool. The single round light is dappled with the bodies of dead insects, and the walls are decorated with spatters and dribbles of grease. — David Mitchell

When the waves of love, extinguish the fire of resentment, then the dawn of peace on earth will begin. — Debasish Mridha

To say that there is a case for heroes is not to say that there is a case for hero worship. The surrender of decision, the unquestioning submission to leadership, the prostration of the average man before the Great Man
these are the diseases of heroism, and they are fatal to human dignity. History amply shows that it is possible to have heroes without turning them into gods. And history shows, too, that when a society, in flight from hero worship, decides to do without great men at all, it gets into troubles of its own. — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

If more people learned to understand their real business interests correctly and to act accordingly, we would have a much better world. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

Welcome to Facelessbook: an antisocial network. — Lev Grossman

I have a sequence to my creative life. In spring and fall, I am above ground and commit to community. In the summer, I'm outside. It is a time for family. And in the winter, I am underground. Home. This is when I do my work as a writer - in hibernation. I write with the bears. — Terry Tempest Williams

When religion talks about our aspirations and our sense of morality, I do not believe that science can contradict it. However, when religion contradicts science on matters of fact, religion must yield. — Frank Wilczek

My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot. — John Searles

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms. — Angela Carter

A strong intuition is much more powerful than a weal test. Normals teach us rules; outliers teach us laws. For every perfect medical experiment, there is a perfect human bias. — Siddhartha Mukherjee

If you have any doubts that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women's names. — Elaine Gill

I don't think I am a proud person, but I think my children are incredible ... I think I am part of that. — Amanda Harlech

It's a very intimate thing to invite someone into your home; there's a lot of trust involved. — Erin O'Connor