Vulpe Tu Quotes & Sayings

Freedom is meaningless if people cannot put food in their stomachs, if they can have no shelter, if illiteracy and disease continue to dog them. — Nelson Mandela

I want to know what changed in fully modern humans, compared with Neanderthals, that made a difference. What made it possible for us to build up these enormous societies, and spread around the globe, and develop the technology that I think no one can doubt is unique to humans. — Svante Paabo

When you write a song, it may come from a personal space, but it very seldom actually represents you. It comes out of a sort of mood of melancholy, somehow. It's almost theatrical. — James Taylor

Continuity is one of the things I like about New England. — Tracy Kidder

I want to grow up and do something cool with my life, such as build an orphanage in a third world country like all those saintly Hollywood celebrities. That or, like, cause a scandal and become mega-famous. — Shirley Marr

To be wise, know yourself. — Debasish Mridha

The military part of our information network - which we were accustomed to rely on for exact information - was the first part of the network to fall apart — Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

God is merciful, showing us our true hideousness only in proportion to the courage he gives us to bear the sight. — Francis Fenelon

When you come from a family that has been political, and I was brought up by my grandfather in the Senate, my father was in Roosevelt's Cabinet, this is not the class that produces writers or reflective people. — Gore Vidal

The respectable family that supports worthless relatives or covers up their crimes in order to "protect the family name"(as if the moral stature of one man could be damaged by the actions of another)
-the bum who boasts that his great-grandfather was an empire-builder, or the small-town spinster who boasts that her maternal great-uncle was a state senator and her third cousin gave a concert at carnegie hall (as if the achievement of one man could rub off on the mediocrity of another)
-the parents who search geneological trees in order to evaluate their prospective son-in-law.
-the celebrity who starts his autobiography with a detailed account of his family history
-All these are samples of racism. — Ayn Rand

I had one typewriter for 50 years, but I have bought seven computers in six years. I suppose that's why Bill Gates is rich, and Underwood is out of business. — Andy Rooney

Reading snow is like listening to music. To describe what you've read is like explaining music in writing. — Peter Hoeg

The sweet small clumsy feet of april came into the ragged meadow of my soul. — E. E. Cummings

Ah, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They'll not be able to once you lop off their heads. — Christopher Paolini

You are too kind, and I am unused to it. For your own sake, do not stroke my misery. It knows not how to respond, but with a vicious bite. — Anne Fortier