Smilla S Sense Of Snow Quotes

#1. St John from the book of The Revelation
"He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark.

Joseph M. Chiron

#2. All knowledge is partial, infinitesimally partial. Reason is a net thrown out into an ocean. What truth it brings in is a fragment, a glimpse, a scintillation of the whole truth.

Ursula K. Le Guin

#3. A good loser is all right, but it isn't so much fun to beat him.

Evan Esar

#4. It's the kind of day that might make you wonder about the meaning of life, and discover that there is none.

Peter Hoeg

#5. What give all that is tragic, whatever its form, the characteristic of the sublime, is the first inkling of the knowledge that the world and life can give no satisfaction, and are not worth our investment in them. The tragic spirit consists in this. Accordingly it leads to resignation.

Arthur Schopenhauer

#6. People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life.

Mary-Louise Parker

#7. I could wrap myself in the warm cocoon of a song and go anywhere.

Johnny Cash

#8. Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me.

Valerie Simpson

#9. Angels can help us understand what intuition means in a personal way. Angels are actually in charge of a large part of our intuitive self. Viewing intuition from the perspective of angel consciousness, we can say that intuition is our way of tapping into a higher power for guidance and awareness.

Terry Taylor

#10. Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

Khalil Gibran

#11. The choice of a point of view is the initial act of a culture.

Jose Ortega Y Gasset

#12. It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.

Bonnie Raitt

#13. I feel the same way about solitude as some people feel about the blessing of the church. It's the light of grace for me. I never close my door behind me without the awareness that I am carrying out an act of mercy toward myself.

Peter Hoeg

#14. It took a lot of time for me to understand that I'm not competing against anybody but myself.

Luis Gerardo Mendez