Villegagnon Quotes

#1. And at thirty-eight a brilliant exponent of arms and a knight of the great fighting and religious Order of St John, the Chevalier de Villegagnon had absolutely no use for common sense himself, but respected it in the laity.

Dorothy Dunnett

#2. If there were no executioners, there would be no executions.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#3. For me there is a vital connection between the Bihar calamity and the untouchability campaign.

Mahatma Gandhi

#4. By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go undiscovered.

Charles Saatchi

#5. I had never liked, even feared a little, this wild reach of marsh and mud flats where everything seemed turned away from the land, looking off desperately toward the horizon as if in mute search for a sign of rescue.

John Banville

#6. Saw a science program the other day. Rats were crawling through their own food to get to crack cocaine. The conclusion was that rats would rather starve with food in front of them than give up crack. The conclusion was wrong: rats will do anything to forget they are in a cage ~ John P. McAfee

John P. McAfee

#7. Marilyn was a great actress, not a dumb blond bombshell. She was very smart, very astute and a good businesswoman.

Lawrence Schiller