Niekie Minas Quotes

#1. I'm working on a film called 'Bonnie.' Bonnie means water. It's in English, and it's dealing with a future world in a megacity - which is what the U.N. says we're going to be - but in this megacity, a city that runs out of water.

Shekhar Kapur

#2. A commercial banker wasn't any more a troublemaker than Dagwood Bumstead.

Michael Lewis

#3. Key to women's ascent was the typewriter. Invented in 1867 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the original model was decorated with floral decals and mounted on a treadle table, like a sewing machine; promoters proclaimed it perfect for a woman's "nimble fingers.

Kate Bolick

#4. When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their choice

Ayn Rand

#5. I really go against drama in my life. Life is too short.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

#6. The first duty of intelligence is to recognize the obvious.

Walter Darby Bannard

#7. I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.

Madeleine Albright

#8. The internet makes it much easier for politicians to communicate directly with voters - think of the interest when David launched WebCameron, or Tony Blair's rather embarrassing attempt to catch up on YouTube.

Theresa May

#9. What Nietzsche recognises is that you can get rid of God only if you also do away with innate meaning. The Almighty can survive tragedy, but not absurdity.

Terry Eagleton

#10. A single composition can have so many meanings depending on the person playing.

Penelope Douglas

#11. Faith gives strength to my bones.
Grace gives power to my spirit.
Hopes give anchor to my soul.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#12. The final state of affairs may not have been foreseen. Perhaps we are merely reading a plan into the world after the fact.

B.F. Skinner

#13. Therefore, according to the Bible, the essence of a city was not the population's size but its density. A city is a social form in which people physically live in close proximity to one another.

Timothy Keller

#14. The pen is mightier than the sword - It's also easier to write with!

Benny Hill