Alexandra Stoddard Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Our suspicions are being confirmed that Nashi will serve as a cover for storm brigades that will use violence against democratic organisations.
-
It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard.
-
You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
-
I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.
-
The Monsters & Strangerz, I love them so much.
-
To glorify man in his natural and unmodified self is no less surely, even if less obviously, idolatry than actually to bow down before a graven image.
-
Africa’s progress will depend on unleashing economic growth - not just for the few at the top, but for the many, because an essential element of dignity is being able to live a decent life. That begins with a job. And that requires trade and investment.
-
Malebranche dirait qu’il n’y a plus une âme: Nous pensons humblement qu’il reste encor des cœurs.
-
They call, in fact, for the forfeiture, to a greater or less degree, of human liberty, to the point where, were I to attempt to sum up what socialism is, I would say that it was simply a new system of serfdom.
-
Desperation will allow you to do incredible things in the name of survival.
-
Let's dispel this fiction once and for all that Barack Obama doesn't know what he's doing. He knows exactly what he's doing; he's undergoing a systematic effort to change this country and make America more like the rest of the world. If I'm elected we'll embrace what makes America the greatest country in the world.
-
Happiness does not await us all. One needn’t be a prophet to say that there will be more grief and pain than serenity and money. That is why we must hang on to one another.
-
Scientists are being portrayed by much of the power structure in politics and business as having a vested interest - that they're just out to get more grant money by exaggerating the threats.
-
Stand-up was my entree into the entertainment world. I didn't have to act out somebody else's words. I could just stand there with a microphone, and nobody would interrupt me. It's the most narcissistic thing you could probably do.
-
It's unrealistic not to be able to indulge.
-
The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine.
-
We don't take on Google Glass or the self-driving car project or Project Loon unless we think that on a risk-adjusted basis, it's worth Google's money to do it.
-
I believe that God has blessed me in immeasurable ways so that I can, in return, bless and help others.
-
By definition, saving - for anything - requires us to not get things now so that we can get bigger ones later. That's hard. Our brains are hard wired to prefer the here and now.
-
My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.
-
I'm a great admirer of Primo Levi's work. It's always mind-boggling, the idea of how much pain people can endure and still come back from the edge with a sense of humor, with this tremendous animal desire we have to get on with life.
-
In a world so redolent with wonder, how can we allow ourselves to conduct our daily lives with so little insight, such absence of dignity?
-
When you let go, you lose pain and gain insight.
