The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.
JULES VERNEHonesty prospers in every condition of life.
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The Germans could not get over the perfidy of it. It was unbelievable that the English, having degenerated to the stage where suffragettes heckled the Prime Minister and defied the police, were going to fight.
BARBARA TUCHMAN -
All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.
BOB DYLAN -
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it.
URSULA K. LE GUIN -
There are no such things as incurables. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.
BERNARD BARUCH -
Give an inch, he’ll take an ell.
THOMAS HOBBES -
They sensed that what had happened around them and in their presence, and in them, was irrevocable.
PRIMO LEVI -
The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.
NIKOLA TESLA -
The great thing about having been in a lot of make-up, and stuff like that, is that when you’re working with someone who’s in it, and you’ve been there and done it, but you’re not in it anymore, you feel so good.
GARY OLDMAN -
It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.
COLIN POWELL -
In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.
MAO ZEDONG -
Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, power to retell it, to rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as times change, truly are powerless, because they cannot think new thoughts.
SALMAN RUSHDIE -
Realizing that everyone (consciously or subconsciously) feels alone too – but no matter what, we’re actually ALL together – is what has helped evolve my way of thinking about it.
ADAM RODRIGUEZ -
Flying for the airlines is not supposed to be an adventure. From takeoff to landing, the autopilots handle the controls.
BERNARD ZIEGLER -
Being raised in a developing country opened my eyes to so much I cannot tolerate. In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it’s not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
SHAKIRA -
Our generation is wonderful generation, full of wonder. It’s very hard to find an example of it in all our history. Composed of contradictions – light and darkness mixed.
ABRAHAM ISAAC KOOK