Vollhardt Syllabus Quotes & Sayings

Longed for him. Got him. Shit. — Margaret Atwood

It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you have! — Sheryl Crow

For me, it's very interesting to take one object and really dissect it to as many layers as possible. — Christian Cota

He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty. — Pierre Corneille

Once a day, take some 'Beach Time.' — Mireille Guiliano

The United States inherited a seemingly inexhaustible fortune in natural resources, yet it has responded to its environment with a dismaying mixture of materialism and inertia. The nation was virtually founded upon a ubiquitous desire for access to land and its contents. Its amazing growth during the nineteenth century was based directly upon the exploitation - immediate, unplanned, full use of soils, minerals, forests, and rivers. Equitable access to these natural bounties rather than constitutional guarantees would be the practical basis for democracy. Subsequently, political institutions were shaped in such a way that they could facilitate the disposition of the public domain. But that expectation, as later generations ruefully observed, did not materialize. The combination of economics and government had instead produced a handful of owners and policy makers who were beyond the control of the ballot box. — Elmo Richardson

To me India is a land of beauty and generosity, of traditional hospitality and the acceptance of many cultures. — Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Two people that have the same wants are two people that should be friends. — Shannon L. Alder

As fabulous as technology is, it can also make us very anxious. — James Nesbitt

The goal, I suppose, any fiction writer has, no matter what your subject, is to hit the human heart and the tear ducts and the nape of the neck and to make a person feel something about the characters are going through and to experience the moral paradoxes and struggles of being human. — Tim O'Brien

For me it's even more interesting, because my character comes out of the shadow. It's a chance to really act emotionally, because the situation is an extreme one. — Ian McDiarmid

The idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, not computer-administrative debris. — Edward Tufte

I mean, you tell me I got a magic button up my ass that'll make me come my brains out, of course I'm curious. But I'm never gonna go there, because gross. — Amy Jo Cousins