Olenka Pevny Quotes

#1. I think, the 'Van Dyke Show' and 'Mary Poppins' are two of the best periods of my life. I had so much fun, I didn't want it to end.

Dick Van Dyke

#2. Being naive simply means that we reject received wisdom that something is a problem. We are always naive relative to some definition of the situation, and if we try to become less so, we may accept a definition that confines the definition of small wins to narrower issues than is necessary.

Karl E. Weick

#3. You've got to say, "I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it." It's called perseverance.

Lee Iacocca

#4. Good subjects must feel guilty. The guilt begins as a feeling of failure. The good autocrat provides many opportunities for failure in the populace.

Frank Herbert

#5. I've found out it's fun to go shopping. It's such a feminine thing to do.

Marilyn Monroe

#6. When one runs 45, 50 or even 100km, for me, is not an ultra runner

Yiannis Kouros

#7. If the regular pay was important to him, the opportunity to learn was of even greater long-range significance.

Mike Royko

#8. The most obvious characteristic of science is its application: the fact that, as a consequence of science, one has a power to do things. And the effect this power has had need hardly be mentioned. The whole industrial revolution would almost have been impossible without the development of science.

Richard P. Feynman

#9. I felt compelled to venture forth and explore the true face of the world. Leading a satisfying life of plenty had blinded many of us to the immense hardships beyond our borders.

Werner Bischof

#10. I had to let someone know who I was: not merely Simon's assistant, his chronicler, his poor scribbling friend, but the great love of a great life. That I may have lived in his shadow, but I was always by his side. That I was as needful to him as air.

K.J. Charles

#11. Whittle was an amazing chap. Tiny, stubborn, unstoppable - jet-propelled! It's amazing the impact his invention has had upon the world.

Adam Hart-Davis

#12. There was one thing unforgivable, like things in the schoolroom so bad that only Mommy could deal with, to set up a rival good to God's.

Evelyn Waugh

#13. It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian ... or is it? I am not at all sure.

Mary Douglas

#14. I am a chef who happens to appear on the telly, that's it.

Gordon Ramsay

#15. We should have no concern for the environment, because, after the great flood with Noah, God promised that He would never ruin the earth again.

James Inhofe