15 quotes found
“If I really wanted to say or ask anything important (to her imposing father) I could not trust my tongue to get it right.”
“We all have an unscientific weakness for being always in the right, and this weakness seems to be particularly common among professional and amateur politicians. But the only way to apply something...”
“Why don't these translation books just include general phrases that could be applied in a variety of situations like, "Say nothing unless it's in English"?”
“How can we ever understand what we are and where we belong in the universe if we haven't experienced anything outside of our own nation, culture, or history?”
“The universe is full of doors.”
“I used to have six theories and no kids. Now I have six kids and no theories.”
“Augustine in City of God pictures a resurrection in which the bodily systems we no longer need to protect ourselves can use energy to praise God.”
“Real winners in a rapidly changing world will be those who are open to alternatives and able to respect and value those who are different.”
“The day that lay before (was) full of infinite possibilities, though in a million superficial ways it was identical to the day before.”
“I thought that when I spilled one secret, the rest would come tumbling after, but openness is a habit you form over time, and not a switch you flip whenever you want to, I'm finding.”
“Britain is characterized not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness.”
“When you open to the world, the world opens to you.”
