Lowitja Institute Quotes

#1. Heroic ages are not and never were sentimental and those daring conquistadores who conquered entire worlds for their Spain or Portugal received lamentably little thanks from their kings.

Stefan Zweig

#2. And I'm not going to get any thinner or any younger, my ass is going to hit the ground, if it hasn't already
and I want to be with somebody who can still see me in here. I'm still in here. And I don't want to be resented or despised for changing ... I'd rather be alone.

Zadie Smith

#3. There has to be the right pacing of images to tell the story. I'm always stunned at how little you can put in.

Chris Raschka

#4. The rule of the bourgeois democrats [in pre-federal Germany], from the very first, will carry within it the seeds of its own destruction

Karl Marx

#5. I like to think of innovation as upgrading your current self. This upgrade helps you to more effectively deal with changes happening around you and to be able to think in a more complex manner than before.

Daniel Willey

#6. I'm strong because I know my weaknesses. I'm wise because I've been foolish. I laugh because I've known sadness.

Ziad K. Abdelnour

#7. I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think you're magic.

Terry Gilliam

#8. When you are discouraged, do not look down. Hold your head up high and you will see the face of God shining a light into your dark place.

Janet Autherine

#9. I've succeeded, I guess, but sometimes maybe to succeed is to fail

John Marsden