Ernest Gellner Quotes
It is nationalism which engenders nations, and not the other way round.
Ernest Gellner
Quotes to Explore
One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our own souls; a third, both to disregard humiliations, and to do what is right with an even mind. All these clearly ought to be fulfilled by all Christians, and especially by the clergy.
Saint Ambrose
Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
Ed Gillespie
When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.
Gail Sheehy
What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.
Sai Baba
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
Oscar Wilde
It is our historical experience, that Hungary can only live in wealth and safety if Berlin, Moscow, and Ankara are on our side and also interested in our success - even if we do not always agree on certain questions.
Viktor Orban
Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school.
Caio Fonseca
A good movie is made by an initial burst of energy, the way that, when you are in school, your class exercises are always better than your final projects.
Abbas Kiarostami
When I got to college, I was intending to study film. But I found that my brain was feeling mushy, so I took a few math classes. I started doing really well at them, and solving equations was this, like, drug rush.
Danica McKellar
Then my mother had several strokes and my father, who was 85, couldn't handle it, so Donna came back and we went through the same thing here. She lives in Mill Valley; her group is organizing this event.
Sally Quinn
At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to defeat terrorism.
Abdullah II of Jordan
I am a lifelong Democrat.
J. B. Pritzker
