Bletsas Gr Quotes

#1. We must remain hopeful that a universal ethic of courage, caring, sharing, respect, radical compassion, and love will make a difference even if we do not see the positive results of our efforts ... We can never be too generous or too kind.

Marc Bekoff

#2. Time is more precious than gold, more precious than diamonds, more precious than oil or any valuable treasures. It is time that we do not have enough of; it is time that causes the war within our hearts, and so we must spend it wisely.

Cecelia Ahern

#3. When you think about Twitter and you think what a dumb stupid throwaway technology, and then you have the Iranian elections and it actually saves the day - you can't prejudge technologies now because they have effects you may not have intended.

Douglas Coupland

#4. The trees on the shore," he said at their urging, "Wish they were sailing vessels "But care not to die "To achieve their dreams. "Thus do they die unfulfilled "As do many men.

Michael Billington

#5. My books may highlight corruption, brutality and venality, but they also show that if these things come to light, there is rectification. The voiceless do have a voice; democratic mechanisms and accountability do exist.

Vikas Swarup

#6. For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, aren't we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US?

Fredric Jameson

#7. A war between Europeans is a civil war.

Victor Hugo

#8. Don't take a job because your mother wants you to. Don't be a victim. You own your decision.

Jack Welch

#9. He who conquers his wrath overcomes his greatest enemy.

Publilius Syrus

#10. Change begets change as much as repetition reinforces repetition.

Bill Drayton

#11. I once believed that I possessed creative talent, but I have given up this idea; a woman must not desire to compose - there has never yet been one able to do it. Should I expect to be the one?

Clara Schumann

#12. There is nothing worse than silence, strung like heavy beads on too delicate a conversation.

Jodi Picoult

#13. I could be worse, you know."
"How?" I asked, teasing.
"I mean, I have a work of calligraphy over my toilet that reads, 'Bathe yourself in the comfort of God's words,' Hazel. I could be way worse."
"Sounds unsanitary," I said.

John Green