Ostler Quotes

#1. To continue what one had been doing
which was Dante's idea of hell
is, I came to see, and the vision frightened me, easy in one's sixties.

Carolyn G. Heilbrun

#2. Culture, of course, is an extremely vague word, covering everything from the shaping of hand-axes to corporate mission statements, as well as the finer appreciation of the sonnets of Shakespeare and the paintings of Hokusai;

Nicholas Ostler

#3. At football games the other students would cheer the star black running back, and then when a black player on the other team got the ball, they'd yell, "Kill that nigger! Kill that nigger!" They would yell this sitting right next to her, as though she really were not there.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

#4. Work/life benefits allow companies meaningful ways for responding to their employees' needs; they can be a powerful tool for transforming a workforce and driving a business' success.

Anne M. Mulcahy

#5. Creativity is a flower of love and a light that is eager to enlighten others.

Debasish Mridha

#6. I feel the film companies should pay for proper advertising to see that the movie will sell, instead of putting it on our backs.

Billy Crudup

#7. Lady Gaga is the Picasso of the entertainment world. She's very intelligent.

Tony Bennett

#8. Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when you are thrown. The only thing that counts is whether you get back up.

Ming-Dao Deng

#9. Our language places us in a cultural continuum, linking us to the past, and showing our meanings also to future fellow-speakers.

Nicholas Ostler

#10. I've been approached to do some things with astronauts and the preparation that astronauts go through.

William Shatner

#11. He allows us the luxury of difficult choices so that we can prove our love for Him. These are our opportunities to choose God rather than the world.

Erwin W. Lutzer

#12. Pause and remember - Stop procrastinating! Wishing is wonderful but action is what it takes to make it happen.

Jennifer Young

#13. The greatest of our virtues and the worst of our sins is wanting nothing less than more.

Osman Welela

#14. Conflict is growth trying to happen.

Helen LaKelly Hunt

#15. I always wished there was somebody like the Coen Brothers and they appeared. And so yeah, my favorite role that I've ever done was in The Man Who Wasn't There. That's my very favorite character I've ever played.

Billy Bob Thornton

#16. You weren't born to fit in. You were born to be brilliant.

Simon T. Bailey

#17. But as long as we think positively, I'm sure a solution will appear.

Jonas Jonasson