Poladian Ovation Quotes

#1. As people, we're generally optimistic, no matter how disabled our lives are, and we find the humor in the darkest situations.

John Wells

#2. He, the One, the bringer of all to enlightenment, had an earthy name.
His name was Jimmy.

Teresa Lo

#3. One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.

Philip Emeagwali

#4. It's kind of a funny way to put it, but if you want to study a dynamic economic system, what you'd like to be able to do is focus on the linkages, say, between asset markets and the macro economy without having to model everything at the same time.

Lars Peter Hansen

#5. When I started making movies about weird people, I knew they were weird, I was infected with irony, and I wanted New York to notice.

John Waters

#6. At this moment, you are seamlessly flowing with the cosmos. There is no difference between your breathing and the breathing of the rain forest, between your bloodstream and the world's rivers, between your bones and the chalk cliffs of Dover.

Deepak Chopra

#7. Silence is a virtue in those who are deficient in understanding.

Dominique Bouhours

#8. How could I ever trust a man who's been as good a spy as you have?

Kurt Vonnegut

#9. There were so many lean years. A lot of lean years.

Katherine Heigl

#10. He left it in thy power, ordaind thy will
By nature free, not over-rul'd by Fate
Inextricable, or strict necessity;

John Milton

#11. John Updike once said that he was confused by the very concept of "antiwar," which he felt, and I'm paraphrasing him here, was like being "anti-food" or "anti-sex," since war was such an essential element of human experience.

Mark Bowden

#12. Grit is not synonymous with hard work. It involves a certain single-mindedness. An ungritty prison inmate will mount a daring new escape attempt every month, but a gritty prison inmate will tunnel his way out one spoonful of concrete at a time. Grit

Chip Heath

#13. Despite my height, ignorance, heartbreaks, insecurity, criticism, competition, my skin color, that voice in my head that says 'No way', bad luck, a tight budget, insults, fear, flaws, failure and opposition. I believe in myself.

Manasa Rao