Swiss Family Robison Quotes

#1. Sky is the part of creation in which Nature has done more for the sake of pleasing man, more for the sole and evident purpose of talking to him and teaching him, than in any other of her works, and it is just the part in which we least attend to her.

John Ruskin

#2. A modern example of this stunning knowledge of nature that Einstein has gifted us, comes from 2016, when gravitational waves were discovered by a specially designed observatory tuned for just this purpose.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#3. You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea.
You can kill a man, but not an idea.

Benazir Bhutto

#4. Always be straight with flexibility and positive; it is medicine for two, first for your in health and second your wounded enemy.

Khalid Tareen

#5. You can never be free
as long as you have an ego to defend.

Anthony De Mello

#6. It was one of those happy days that God grants us sometimes on earth to give us an idea of the bliss of heaven.

Johann David Wyss

#7. One of the big myths about people growing up is that they are "digital natives;" that just because they've been raised with the Internet - that you're very adept at using the app on your phone - it doesn't mean you have any idea about how the Internet actually works.

Astra Taylor

#8. I always chose sophisticated parts because you can't really be interesting as a young girl or outstanding as an ingenue.

Norma Shearer

#9. Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine?

Frank Carson

#10. It is time now for us to rise from sleep.

Benedict Of Nursia

#11. Be persecuted, rather than be a persecutor. Be crucified, rather than be a crucifier. Be treated unjustly, rather than treat anyone unjustly. Be oppressed, rather than be an oppressor. Be gentle rather than zealous. Lay hold of goodness, rather than justice.

Isaac Of Nineveh

#12. Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.

Jean De La Fontaine

#13. I still probably smoke as much as I ever did!

Willie Nelson

#14. The object of love should feel honoured or flattered, responsible in some way. Instead he felt insulted, degraded and revolted. More than that, he felt put upon.

Stephen Fry