Alexander Herzen Quotes
There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.
Quotes to Explore
-
May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.
-
Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
-
I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
-
Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.
-
The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
-
Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy.
-
I really wanted to break the mold of what modern touring is right now.
-
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
-
It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
-
Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.
-
McCain I'd vote against under any circumstance.
-
I oscillate between being cynical and being naive on a regular basis. I always think that not much shocks me until something much too obvious does.
-
When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
-
Travelling expands the mind rarely.
-
In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.
-
I check all my props, everything. Acting is something I love. I have done it since I was 13 but it had completely taken over my life absolutely.
-
We live in an interconnected world, in an interconnected time, and we need holistic solutions. We have a crisis of inequality, and we need climate solutions that solve that crisis.
-
Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
-
After I'd been in college for a couple years I'd read Shakespeare and Frost and Chaucer and the poets of the Harlem Renaissance. I'd come to appreciate how gorgeous the English language could be. But most fantasy novels didn't seem to make the effort.
-
I think workout clothes should be fun! I definitely don't think I have to wear all black to work out. I would say I am more minimal in my personal style... but my workout style, anything goes.
-
I'm a fairly ascetic person. And I do most of my writing at night. You don't get distracted, your brain goes into what you are writing about, into the world you're writing about, rather than into the world you're in.
-
Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for their citizens.
-
It's easy to lose a civilization. The values of Western civilization have brought so much good to the world: the notions of equality, democracy, tolerance, abolition of slavery... Tolkien knew that civilization is worth fighting for. There are times when a generation is challenged and must fight to defend their civilization from annihilation.
-
There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.
