"Everyone learns in a crisis."

-- Thomas de Maiziere

“There are in life a few moments so beautiful,that even words are a sort of profanity.”

Source : Diana Palmer (1997). “The Patient Nurse”, Harlequin Books
“I don't believe in gutter politics. I don't believe in gutter journalism.”
“You can't condemn me for wanting you, unless you condemn every other man who has." -Clayton Westmoreland”
“If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times.”

Source : "Briefwechsel ('Correspondence')". Book edited by Arthur Henkel, Volume 5, p. 177, 1955 - 1975.
“I don't really listen to a lot of 90s alternative indie female stuff anymore, but I loved Liz Phair and Kim Deal when I was younger.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“One was a book thief. The other stole the sky.”
“Extraordinary scenes there at the end. I think some of the crowd chanting 'Italy! Italy!' were actually Irish.”
“Competition can be viewed in two ways. It can be viewed in a negative light and be seen as destructive, but one can also have the view that it is competition that drives people and institutions to higher and higher levels of excellence and, therefore, to more and more opportunity.”

Source : "Ethics, Enterprise, and the Multinational Corporation". Acton Institute Interview, acton.org. July 20, 2010.

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