Lopate Portrait Quotes

#1. One must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation.

Elizabeth Gilbert

#2. I think part of the appeal of Antarctica is experiencing some sort of power, the forces of the natural world.

Jon Krakauer

#3. For decades, the Arab states have seemed exceptions to the laws of politics and human nature. While liberty expanded in many parts of the globe, these nations were left behind, their 'freedom deficit' signaling the political underdevelopment that accompanied many other economic and social maladies.

Elliott Abrams

#4. Whoso taketh in hand to govern a multitude, either by way of liberty or principality, and cannot assure himself of those persons that are enemies to that enterprise, doth frame a state of short perseverance.

Walter Raleigh

#5. A modern, autonomous, and thoroughly trained Air Force in being at all times will not alone be sufficient, but without it there can be no national security.

Henry H. Arnold

#6. You know, Dar, there's no problem so big that an adequate supply of explosives can't cure it. There was that. But people tended to protest being blown up. Bunch of krikken weirdos. He

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#7. If she looked into a fractured mirror, she'd see what he saw.

Kristen Heitzmann

#8. The French and their food. They put each meal on a pedestal.

Giada De Laurentiis

#9. The only way to get better at stand-up is to do loads of gigs, and I don't know. I spread myself pretty thin to get the stage time. I'd love to do more, really.

Peter Serafinowicz

#10. Fear is a perception, not a reality, and derives from the unknown.

Debasish Mridha

#11. It is a monstrous thing to force a child to learn Latin or Greek or mathematics on the ground that they are an indispensable gymnastic for the mental powers. It would be monstrous even if it were true.

George Bernard Shaw

#12. A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality.

Glenn Miller

#13. OK, I have a nickname. My family calls me 'Trey' because I'm William the third. My dad has the same name, which is always confusing because my dad is well known, and I'm also known.

Bill Gates

#14. The assignment was to fall in love.
The details were up to you.
The second part was
to include in the poem certain words,
words drawn from a specific text
on another subject altogether.

Louise Gluck

#15. Friendship happens when the distance between the hearts tends to zero.

Amit Ray