2285 Quotes & Sayings

She recalled him as a forceful and witty speaker with a ready repartee and a penetrating voice. He had once, for example, put down a spokesman for the pesticide industry with a remark that people still quoted at parties: And I presume on the eighth day God called you and said, 'I changed my mind about insects! — John Brunner

When a father is quick to lose his tempre, his sons are fools. — Nachman Of Breslov

And thence from Athens turn away our eyes
To seek new friends and stranger companies. — William Shakespeare

You cannot lose if you have learned one new lesson.
You cannot lose if you have helped one new person.
You cannot lose if you have overcome one new obstacle. — Matshona Dhliwayo

As Vishous seemed to find a partner in surly crime with Rhamp, Qhuinn found himself staring at the brother. For a lot of reasons. One, — J.R. Ward

With any cover, I like to choose songs that affected me strongly already. So it's tough sometimes to take a song that you love so much and put your own spin on it because you get such a strong feeling from the original. — Mayer Hawthorne

There was a direct correlation between how nervous I was and how many dumb jokes I made. — Ransom Riggs

The child watched its disappearance--he was astounded but dreamy. His stupefaction was complicated by a sense of the dark reality of existence. It seemed as if there were experience in this dawning being. Did he, perchance, already exercise judgment? Experience coming too early constructs, sometimes, in the obscure depths of a child's mind, some dangerous balance--we know not what--in which the poor little soul weighs God.

Feeling himself innocent, he yielded. There was no complaint-THE IRREPROACHABLE DOES NOT REPROACH.
(The Man Who Laughs) — Victor Hugo

Prejudices are what fools use for reason. — Voltaire

I couldn't promise him the things he wanted because Harvey wanted forever. And that had been so much easier to give him when forever had an expiration date. — Julie Murphy

This is the generation whose first cry of life was the Hungarian uprising. — Joseph Brodsky

You can have talent and strength, but the most important is determination. — Lyoto Machida

At the Council of Nicea in 325, all the Churches agreed that Easter, the Christian Passover, should be celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon (14 Nisan) after the vernal equinox. Because of different methods of calculating the 14th day of the month of Nisan, the date of Easter in the Western and Eastern Churches is not always the same. For this reason, the Churches are currently seeking an agreement in order once again to celebrate the day of the Lord's Resurrection on a common date." The earliest date that Easter can fall on is March 22. That hasn't happened since 1818, and won't happen again until 2285. The latest possible date for Easter is April 25. — Gus Lloyd

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens. — David Petraeus

For me there are no rules. I think I learned that from artists-from painters and sculptors. It took photography a while to catch up to them. — Larry Clark

He waved his bloody finger in a sort of thank-you. — Maggie Stiefvater