Volodja Starcevo Quotes & Sayings

I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community. — Colin Powell

The greatest pollution problem is not found in the atmosphere, water, or soil; but in the minds of 90% of the population, which are contaminated with negative thoughts and beliefs. — Maddy Malhotra

The jukebox played some hillbilly tune; steel guitar and emotion-choked moaning ... — Philip K. Dick

That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call 'free will' is your mind's freedom to think or not, the only will you have, your only freedom, the choice that controls all the choices you make and determines your life and your character. — Ayn Rand

He woke to quiet voices. This had been happening more and more lately, this nodding off unexpectedly, and it left him with an unsettled intimation of rehearsal. You fall asleep for short periods and then for longer periods and then forever. — Emily St. John Mandel

I am tired of a life of contention, and of being the personal object for the hatred of every man, who hates the present state of things. — Thomas Jefferson

He said her name, repeatedly, so that she never lost the sound of his voice around it. So that every time someone called her name, she would be able to hear only Aman Erum. — Fatima Bhutto

Musical instruments in celebrating the praises of God would be no more suitable than the burning of incense, the lighting of lamps, and the restoration of the other shadows of the law. The Papists therefore, have foolishly borrowed, this, as well as many other things, from the Jews. Men who are fond of outward pomp may delight in that noise; but the simplicity which God recommends to us by the apostles is far more pleasing to him. Paul allows us to bless God in the public assembly of the saints, only in a known tongue (1 Corinthians 14:16) What shall we then say of chanting, which fills the ears with nothing but an empty sound? — John Calvin

I go out and do the best I can in each game, and I don't think about the fouls other players will commit or whether I might be injured. It only does you harm to worry about those things. — Lionel Messi

The art galleries of Paris contain the finest collection of frames I ever saw. — Humphry Davy

I literally coded Facebook in my dorm room and launched it from my dorm room. I rented a server for $85 a month, and I funded it by putting an ad on the side, and we've funded ever since by putting ads on the side. — Mark Zuckerberg

Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them. — Plato

How can a rabbi not live with doubt? The Bible itself is a book of doubt. — Arthur Hertzberg