Alkonost Russia Quotes

#1. Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

Desiderius Erasmus

#2. Researchers have found there is simply no correlation between hurry or Type-A behavior and productivity.

John Ortberg Jr.

#3. correction of the individual is not sufficient to prevent relapse if we do not also, to the best of our ability, reform the social environment.

Enrico Ferri

#4. Love, it seems, arrives not only unannounced, but so accidentally, so randomly, as to make you wonder why you, why anyone, believes even fleetingly in laws of cause and effect

Michael Cunningham

#5. To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble.

Aeschylus

#6. I've gained first hand knowledge of the challenges faced by people with disabilities. It's made me understand that those of us who have full use of our physical faculties owe an enormous amount of respect and sensitivity to people who don't.

William J. Clinton

#7. It is possible to live happily in the here and the now. So many conditions of happiness are available - more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don't have to run into the future in order to get more.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#8. The true test of all the arts is not solely whether the production is a true copy of nature, but whether it answers the end of art, which is to produce a pleasing effect upon the mind.

Joshua Reynolds

#9. By the time I auditioned for 'Aliens in America,' the July 7 bombing had happened in London. So I'd had those experiences where I would get onto the Tube, and people would get off. So there was a lot about Raja that I understood.

Adhir Kalyan

#10. I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money.

Ruth Rendell