Zuercher Portal Clinton Quotes & Sayings

Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. — Plutarch

We didn't think that," Jon said. "It might have escaped your attention, Lavinia, but you are not a terribly subtle person. — Sarah Rees Brennan

Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets. — Albert J. Nock

Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional wizardly bill. By contrast, the really powerful magicians take pleasure in looking like accountants. — Jonathan Stroud

Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow. — Bob Dylan

Tesla, at least, seemed perfectly satisfied with what he had achieved in Colorado. He had made lightning dance at his command; he had used the whole Earth as a piece of laboratory equipment; and he had received messages from the stars. Now he was in a hurry to get on with the future. — Margaret Cheney

Yeah I'm in that Tonka color of Willy Wonka — Nicki Minaj

Nor did he think of Celia any more, though he could sometimes remember having dreamt of her. If only he had been able to think of her, he would not have needed to dream of her. — Samuel Beckett

I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them. — Robert Sheckley

I would rather be tough on myself than have other people be tough on me. — Nicole Kidman

She would allow her hair to be loose, and she then would appear to me out of the corner of my eye as some blinding Valkyrie, some effulgent flood of a thing, beauty without no boundaries, burning at the edges of itself. — Jesse Ball

You have to stay one level above everyone else. — Jim Otto

The job of a professional manager is not to like people. It is not to change people. It is to put their strengths to work. — Peter Drucker