Scotian Quotes

#1. In South Carolina, I had been an African. In Nova Scotia, I had become known as a Loyalist, or a Negro, or both. And now, finally back in Africa, I was seen as a Nova Scotian, and in some respects thought of myself that way too.

Lawrence Hill

#2. Education is the way to move mountains, to build bridges, to change the world. Education is the path to the future. I believe that education is indeed freedom.

Oprah Winfrey

#3. The Brodie set did not for a moment doubt that she would prevail. As soon expect Julius Caesar to apply for a job at a crank school as Miss Brodie. She would never resign. If the authorities wanted to get rid of her she would have to be assassinated.

Muriel Spark

#4. It is not possible to staff a large company without short people. There simply aren't enough tall people to go around.

Malcolm Gladwell

#5. To expect a convict to have the strength to give up smoking is to expect a leopard to change his spots, become vegetarian and learn to knit, all on the same day.

Stephen Fry

#6. What a desperate, pathetic fool I was. Time after time, my "friends" had shown me their true colors. Yet, I still wanted to believe they were sorry for causing me pain. p. 128

Jodee Blanco

#7. The secret to mastery in any field is to forever be a student.

Martin Palmer

#8. As long as you cultivate stillness, you may enjoy peace, but whenever your mind is a little bit disturbed, deluded thoughts will set in again.

Sogyal Rinpoche

#9. The moment you resist change, you resist existing past your current state of awareness.

Nikki Rowe

#10. I've got two brothers and two sisters, so there's five of us and we're all very close, which is cool.

Theo James

#11. It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

#12. His legions - Angel Forms, who lay entranced
Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks

John Milton

#13. My aim was never to be an American star; otherwise, I would have moved to Los Angeles.

Juliette Binoche

#14. If I'm damned, what's the point of pretending that I'm not?

Rosamund Hodge