Komensky Quotes

#1. Manuel will show you to your rooms - if you're lucky.

John Cleese

#2. We have a name," said Jace. "Magnes B-"
"Shut up." Alec hissed, thwacking Jace with his closed menu. Jace looked injured.
"Jesus," he rubbed his arm. "What's your problem?

Cassandra Clare

#3. My life was a wandering; I never had a homeland. It was a matter of being constantly tossed about, without rest; nowhere and never did I find a home.

Jan Amos Komensky

#4. I am not sure just what the unpardonable sin is, but I believe it is a disposition to evade the payment of small bills.

Elbert Hubbard

#5. That's right. Uh-huh. Uh-huh," Nick said arrogantly. "You might know karate, boy, but I know gorilla, and I'm a level 40 champion in it. Let's hear it for Diddy Kong! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew!" He mimicked the sound of a gorilla as he held on for dear life.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#6. People tend to think that mathematicians always work in sterile conditions, sitting around and staring at the screen of a computer, or at a ceiling, in a pristine office. But in fact, some of the best ideas come when you least expect them, possibly through annoying industrial noise.

Edward Frenkel

#7. It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.

Rachel Kushner

#8. The poor have been sent to the front lines of a federal budget deficit reduction war that few other groups were drafted to fight ...

Marian Wright Edelman

#9. Procreation is nature's principal occupation, and every man, whether he be young or old, when meeting every woman measures the potentiality of sex between them.

Charlie Chaplin

#10. You still wake up sometimes. You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs.

Anthony Hopkins

#11. Sometimes a single drop of water is so valuable for the very thirsty that he may hesitate to drink it immediately!

Mehmet Murat Ildan