Simon Sebag Montefiore Quotes
Real stories - whether in pure fiction or historical - have a certain indefinable power; we are endlessly curious about the past and hungry for learning that we hope will illuminate the present.Simon Sebag Montefiore
Quotes to Explore
-
When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English.
Jack Ma -
Sometimes, just the act of venting is helpful. Counseling provides a safe haven for precisely that kind of free-ranging release: You can say things in the therapist's office, with the therapist present, that would be incendiary or hurtful in your living room.
Laura Wasser -
All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.
F. Sionil Jose -
Doing the right thing has power.
Laura Linney -
I'm very close with my higher power. I have a very strong connection with it.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.
Lane Kirkland
-
If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.
C. S. Lewis -
To Trump, whiteness is neither notional nor symbolic but the very core of his power. In this, Trump is not singular. But whereas his forebears carried whiteness like an ancestral talisman, Trump cracked the glowing amulet open, releasing its eldritch energies.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
We do not project power from bankruptcy court. We're borrowing a million dollars a minute. It's got to stop somewhere.
Rand Paul -
Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.
Saint Basil -
Every Hindu boy and girl should possess sound Sanskrit learning.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Peace the offspring is of Power.
Bayard Taylor
-
One of the great pleasures in writing 'The Dream Lover' was learning about some of the real people who populated George Sand's life. What a cast of characters! And what a pleasure to recreate them upon the page!
Elizabeth Berg -
There is real power in seeing yourself as a hero. Because then you believe that you can do anything.
Jenny Han -
I doubt the terrorists saw 9/11 as a teaching opportunity. And we're not really a culture geared to anything as humble as 'learning.' But I was disappointed in how quickly everyone wanted to get back to normal. It was as if we watched terrorism on TV for a while, then got bored and turned back to 'American Idol.'
Jess Walter -
Why aren't we talking about it in health classes in school? That's just as important as learning about physical health and nutrition. Why aren't we learning about our minds and our mental health and mental illnesses? I just think that it's something that very much needs to go hand in hand.
Lili Reinhart -
Learning is the gateway to adventure.
Princess Beatrice of York -
I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mold society.
Marya Mannes
-
People have power to make a difference in their lives.
Oprah Winfrey -
I'd probably say my biggest yo-yo was when I was finishing up my senior year of college. I lost about 100 pounds and within a year gained it all back.
Al Roker -
He's got more or less a defect there that sometimes gives him problems.
Joe Gibbs -
This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
Iris DeMent -
Real stories - whether in pure fiction or historical - have a certain indefinable power; we are endlessly curious about the past and hungry for learning that we hope will illuminate the present.
Simon Sebag Montefiore