List of Topics starting with [V]

But the stillness and the brightness of the day were as strange as the chaos and tumult of night, with the trees standing there, and ...

You should welcome pain; it is the greatest motivator in life.

The forces of internationalism, humanism and solidarity will have to be victorious, or soon there will be nothing left of the human race.

I wouldn't give my troubles to a monkey on a rock.

Claire, I don't want to lose that look. I promise, I'll never demand it again ... I don't want that. I want what I have ...

Victims of violent crime are not always believed ... [referring to victim testimony at serial killer and pedophile Marc Detroux's trial]

What is the science of Vitraag (the enlightened ones free of attachment)? [It is that where] If one understands a single word of the Vitarag, ...

Bobby would drive to the net injured, he would drive to the net hurt. He played that way every night. He told Bobby that he ...

A man who is ill-adjusted to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds ...

When I was young, I lived like an old woman, and when I got old, I had to live like a young person.

Lovers should also have their days off.

One of the pieces of advice that we give at YC is: try to work together on a project rather than just doing an interview.

When I was a playwright earlier in my career - my senior project in high school was my first produced play - I used to ...

Be free, work hard, be brave, good luck will find you.

The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.

Avid readers are enchanted by meaning, which is available chiefly in books.

If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men ...

Self-development is a contradiction in terms Personal development is the way.

Feelings of hurt and betrayal and utter loss poured through me like batter hitting a hot skillet.

I feel like, when I arrive at the hospital, I want a glass of whiskey, I want the epidural in my back and I want ...

Blue vervain and chamomile,

I give you a week, maybe two, before you're driven to bite someone.""I don't know how to ... to bite or drink! But you could ...

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.

Three million frogs' legs are served in Paris - daily. Nobody knows what became of the rest of the frogs.

No compelling data to support its anachronistic social Darwinism.

As I unbutton him, I kiss his skin - warm, fragrant, smelling of soap, his expensive cologne and him. Done, I slip him out of ...

Our soul should be a mirror of Christ; we should reflect every feature: for every grace in Christ there should be a counterpart in us.

To write is to transform that inward gaze into words, to study the worlds into which we pass when we retire into ourselves, and to ...

We do not need the forgiveness of God, but of each other and of ourselves.

Such efforts show the truth of the remark of St. Ambrose: that the saints were no less liable than ourselves to fall into faults; but ...

I think I'm going to cut down on my dating,' Annie said. 'I used to need a lot of attention. You know, to make up ...

Blah, said Toad.

Upon closer scrutiny, however, you will discover that the decomposing tree trunk and rotting leaves not only give birth to new life, but are full ...

Billy's Christ died horribly. He was pitiful. So it goes.

A lot of 3D movies have so much on the screen that you almost don't know where to look.

Let us remember with devotion that the flag we love and honor is the flag of freedom that flew in victory at Yorktown, the flag ...

All I want is your promise to stay with me, to be mine. Sometimes it feels like you can't possibly be real. Promise me you'll ...

Drama school was a lifeline for me, it saved me. I found it very nurturing - I just clung on.

I can never kind of fathom a character's journey beyond the moment when you go to black, any more than when people ask me what ...

And he that will this health deny, Down among the dead men let him lie.

Hire people more for their judgment than for their talents.

Speculation is a fool's game, but I've seen many political projections that look like the Taliban could hold most of the country, and possibly Kabul, ...

Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of the soul!

You're kind of gross. Might want to think about shaving, too, unless you're going for the homeless look with no chance of getting laid.

Priorities are the yearly goals that I'm most interested in achieving, then they become operationalized through weekly goals.

When the dancer only moves in a straight line but still manages to travel from one side of the stage to the other with out ...

The great flaw in the American economic system has finally been revealed: an unrealistic faith in the power of prosperity rather than in the ultimate ...

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending ...

I was so thankful that my parents trusted me enough and had enough faith in my abilities to let me follow my passion and try ...

I don't make that hard and fast distinction between political and nonpolitical writing. I write about what bothers me.

Sanity is the one unbelievable bore. One must be mad, slightly twisted - then one sees life from a new and entrancing angle.

Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that ...

The biggest thing is no matter what level I've played at, there is something I can bring to them.

If two actors have an equal creative give and take between them, it translates beautifully on the screen.

The acknowledgement of having suffered evil is the greatest step forward in mental health.

When he came there was no light. When he left there was no darkness.

When I started out in comedy, it was common knowledge that it took about 10 years to get good. And that was okay because it ...

We are the only people who may know the will of God for the city we live in. God expects us to become intercessors for ...

Do not marvel at the novelty of the thing, if a Virgin gives birth to God.

I expected no miracles; I wasn't young enough for dreams; I knew in my bones that I couldn't escape my troubles by changing the view ...

It needs more skill than I can tellTo play the second fiddle well.

The table was a pool of candlelight -- so bright that the rest of the room seemed almost black, with the faces of the family ...

I can cook a little bit. I can cook a few Spanish dishes. But, in movies, it looks like I cook much better than I ...

There is no motion in a straight line. A straight line infinitely projected becomes a circle.

Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.

A lie twice believed is self decieved

Look for foods that create beauty from the inside out. Instead of coating yourself in chemical laden beauty products, why not try to get healthy ...

Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.

I have never seen a connection between cinematic violence towards women and actual violence towards women in society.

I would define myself as being naive and perverse at the same time. And I think that if that is consistent it will make the ...

Every stage of life is unique.At any age and stage of life there are obstacles and opportunities, trials and triumphs. Never allow the negative bring ...

I don't have any elaborate uniforms; I come to the ring in a T-shirt, a pair of sneakers and some shorts.

It seems like everything that we see perceived in the brain before we actually use our own eyes, that everything we see is coming through ...

I am passionate about music and my work to the bottom of my very soul, but I also very much enjoy good clothes and some ...

Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.

Vocabulary words are the building blocks of the internal learning structure. Vocabulary is also the tool to better define a problem, seek more accurate solutions, ...

Freedom keeps us soaring, but quarreling destroys our ability to fly.

Maya wrapped one leg around him, writhing against him as she threaded her fingers through his hair and held him to her, urging him on."Never ...

We are treated with such generosity of spirit.

The northern girl. Winterfell's daughter. We heard she killed the king with a spell, and afterward changed into a wolf with big leathery wings like ...

So this means you're spoiling me right?Can't Help it. You're the best hound ever.Oberon's tail thumped a few times and his mouth partially opened, seeming ...

No one should ever die alone. Rejoin the love of the goddess who made you. No longer a man, no longer a human, you must ...

I'll sit down for an hour or two a few days a week in a quiet place and brainstorm. The earlier in the day, the ...

The king-becoming graces,As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness,Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,I have no relish of them, but aboundIn the division of each several ...

To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness.

Stand up and pledge with me: A government of the United States is not on the auction block. And America is not for sale!

Scots are Jocks,WelshmenTaffies, and Irishmen Paddies or Micks but?it is noticeable there is no similar designation for the English.

It's scoring goals that's great, whether against Brazil or anybody else.

Follow that lizard!

I think people have a right to their point of view.

The degree of a nation's civilization can be seen in the way it treats its prisoners

Metaphysics keeps surviving its obituaries.

It is the beginning of all true criticism of our time to realize that it has really nothing to say, at the very moment when ...

I don't think I would ever inch my way up to Y.A. That audience is very well served. There are a lot of wonderful writers ...

God's timing is perfect.

We can all agree that first loves can be a scary thing, and that growing up is hard to do.

Love is very brave.

Resolve to treat the things in your possession as belonging to others.

I looked at my spices again. Salt for protection, cinnamon to enhance psychic ability, and pepper to drive away evil. I figured I should start ...