William R. Alger Quotes
Public opinion is the atmosphere of society, without which the forces of the individual would collapse, and all the institutions of society fly into atoms.
Quotes to Explore
-
The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
-
You can be anything. You could be the President of the United States or the inventor of the next Internet or a ninja cardio-thoracic surgeon poet, which would be awesome because you would be the first one.
-
Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
-
I don't do negative things.
-
Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.
-
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
-
We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
-
I don't care about how much other actors get.
-
I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.
-
I feared vulnerability more than my actual emotional pain itself!
-
I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.
-
If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.
-
Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.
-
I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.
-
I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
-
I want to get within myself and write. I really, really want to write.
-
It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
-
So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's very clean. The food is great. And the people are lovely. Not that I didn't love working in other glamorous locations like Downey, Detroit, Cleveland or Bulgaria... but, damn, it is fun to be Canadian.
-
Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for.
-
Our aim is to get people to enjoy 'Bake Off' at home and for our bakers to enjoy what they are doing. We don't want to catch them out. It's a very happy occasion, and it's about encouraging people to bake at home.
-
I started to sink like the moon tends to do if you stare at it too longThen you blink and it's gone
-
Of our desires some are natural and necessary, others are natural but not necessary; and others are neither natural nor necessary, but are due to groundless opinion. (29)
-
Nowadays, for the sake of the advantage which is to be gained from the public revenues and from office, men want to be always in office.
-
Public opinion is the atmosphere of society, without which the forces of the individual would collapse, and all the institutions of society fly into atoms.
