Marsilius Of Padua Quotes

#1. Marsilius of Padua, whose Defensor Pacis in 1324 was a forthright assertion of the supremacy of the state.

Barbara W. Tuchman

#2. Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

Napoleon Hill

#3. It is only by embracing the full spectrum of human consciousness that we can bring about a true awakening of the heart

Anodea Judith

#4. It is essential that we take steps to prevent chemical substances from becoming environmental hazards. Unless we develop better methods to assure adequate testing of chemicals, we will be inviting the environmental crisis of the future.

Richard M. Nixon

#5. What is saved in the cinema when it achieves art is a spontaneous continuity with all mankind.

John Berger

#6. There is no method by which an average citizen can effectively fight the White House in the media.

Linda Tripp

#7. I mean this is not like a very dry political book. This is - it was a very quick and entertaining and interesting read because there were so many stories, at least for me, of real women and - and sort of the issues that they face, and her commitment to wanting to help them.

Eleanor Smeal

#8. There's no rational reason why opera should exist. It's expensive, time consuming. Yet in some shape or other it has always existed.

Jake Heggie

#9. Bad habits are like having a sumo wrestler in the back of your canoe rowing the opposite direction.

J. Loren Norris

#10. If I am to have faith when I pray, I must find some promise in the Word of God to rest my faith on

R.A. Torrey

#11. There is a saying in Tibetan that "at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar". The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come with wealth, but from setting limits to one's desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction.

Dalai Lama

#12. He stepped forward, forcing me back. You're right. I made a decision. It was the wrong one.

Kim Harrison

#13. How long do you think this'll last?" ...
"As long as we want it to ... I'd fucking fight for you, Dais. You just have to let me.

Krista Ritchie

#14. If what you are getting online is for free, you are not the customer, you are the product.

Jonathan Zittrain

#15. The best way to compete is to get defeat.

Santosh Kalwar

#16. We are not Protestants any more - just 'non-Catholics'! Of what and of whom do we protest? Were we half as hot as we think we are, and a tenth as powerful as we say we are, our Christians would be baptized in blood, as well as in water and in fire.

Leonard Ravenhill