quotes about Syndromes

“Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?”

“Nativity is the enemy of prophecy.”

Source : "United States of Banana". Book by Giannina Braschi, 2011.

“I do not believe wealthy candidates should spend vast resources in their own campaigns.”

“Most of the time, it's your thinking, not your talent, that holds you back.”

“He pauses when he finishes undoing the last button, then closes his eyes. I can see the pain slashed across his face, and the sight tears at me. The Republic's most wanted criminal is just a boy, sitting before me, suddenly vulnerable, laying all his weaknesses out for me to see.”

“It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.”

“Omission is a sin only if, in the process of deceiving, you forget the truth. Lying is a sin only if, in the process, the lie becomes the only truth.”

Source : Julianna Baggott (2001). “Girl Talk”, p.232, Simon and Schuster

“Drugs were pretty easy to quit taking. I was never addicted to anything to begin with. But then, liquor - I had to wait about another six years before I finally got around to quitting that. I'm sure glad I did.”

“It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.”

“We have always felt the sympathy of the world, but we would prefer the respect of the world to sympathy without respect.”