Ciszek Benedict Quotes

#1. What fools men are, and what an evil thing is war.

Wally Lamb

#2. If an alien visitor were to hover a few hundred yards above the planet, it could be forgiven for thinking that cars were the dominant life form, and that human beings were a kind of ambulatory fuel cell: injected when the car wished to move off, and ejected when they were spent.

Heathcote Williams

#3. She knew that my memories of her would fade. Which is precisely why she begged me never to forget her, to remember that she had existed.
The thought fills me with an almost unbearable sorrow. Because Naoko never loved me.

Haruki Murakami

#4. I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn't want to continue opera because I wanted to act.

Kelli O'Hara

#5. Even though my grandparents live overseas and are so far away and we talk as much as we can, we don't see each other that often.

Nina Dobrev

#6. Society cannot exist without law. Law is the bond of society: that which makes it, that which preserves it and keeps it together. It is, in fact, the essence of civil society.

Joseph P. Bradley

#7. It's a strange poverty of the English language, and indeed, of many other languages, that we use this same word, "depression" to describe how a kid feels when it rains on his birthday, and to describe how somebody feels the minute before they commit suicide.

Andrew Solomon

#8. I know how strong you are, but even the strongest sword needs a steady hand in battle. I swore to stand by your side, through all life's challenges, and I meant it. I don't care what me father, or anyone else, thinks. I will always be there for you when you need me. I love you, Trevelyan.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#9. The prevailing view that Smith criticized was mercantilism, which held that wealth consisted of the stock of precious metals in a country.

Edd S. Noell

#10. Life among academics had taught me that a well-expressed opinion is usually better than a badly expressed fact, so far as professional advancement goes.

Diana Gabaldon

#11. Once I retire and slow down, I don't want to be in New York. I want to be somewhere near a lake or a pond, so that on my days when I have nothing to do, I can go fishing.

Sharon Jones

#12. Punishment and reward are usually enough motivation to make us move forward.

Ben Tolosa

#13. If you happen to be in the right place at the right time, the capitalist system is a beautiful thing.

Richard Rainwater

#14. I try not to tune in to politics until it's two or three months before the election. Till then, it's like watching preseason football.

Trey Parker