Postcolonials Quotes

#1. I am often struck by the anxious inferiority many well-educated British people display towards the U.S., particularly Londoners dazzled by New York, when many postcolonials are accustomed to regarding Britain's old imperial cosmopolis as the true capital of the western world.

Pankaj Mishra

#2. When we take all thoughts captive and trust God with our well being, fear departs. Our faith in His power will remove our insecurities, wobbly uncertainty, and unstable nervousness.

Cheryl Zelenka

#3. This new baseball is like a golf ball. I think there are going to be a lot more dents put in the wall at Fenway Park this year.

Don Zimmer

#4. [At nine years old] I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm summer sport like softball, but I played a variety of sports growing up - basketball, soccer and track. I really didn't care. I just wanted to be an Olympian.

Elana Meyers

#5. But the point about spiritual fruit is that, however healthy the tree, it has to be looked after.

N. T. Wright

#6. I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from pursuing a promising avenue of research that may improve the lives of millions of Americans.

Tom Allen

#7. When I watch drummers, I always want to see energy. It's not about the proficiency of the musicianship; I'm just into the vibe and excitement of it. With drums, it's such a primeval thing.

Mike Joyce

#8. Don't you dare scream. I do not want to end up as tonight's gossip. But I do want to end up with some part of me inside you.

Ella Frank

#9. Pay as much attention to the things that are working positively in your life as you do to the things that give you trouble.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

#10. Hot coffee is like a warm-blooded man. They both give you the courage to face a new day.

Xiaolu Guo

#11. If economists were doctors, they would today be mired in malpractice suits.

John Ralston Saul

#12. You're so ... You're too ... You're ... " He faltered, then took a deep breath. "I have no words for you, Sita. You leave me speechless."
I smiled and pinched his buttock so he twitched. "Speechless? Gods, I've broken you. I never would have deemed it possible to render you speechless.

Erica Dakin