351w Quotes & Sayings

Pure and simple, balance is happiness. — Frederick Lenz

It is only when he speaks German, as now, that he allows himself to lament the enslavement of the world's downtrodden classes. We cannot live in a bubble, Mr. Mundy. Comfortable ignorance is not a solution. In German student societies that I was not permitted to join, they made a toast: 'Better to be a salamander, and live in the fire. — John Le Carre

My body is not a tomb for animals. — Leonardo Da Vinci

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. — Arthur Conan Doyle

I fell in love with a civilian. Not an actress and not a famous actress at that. Because then the attention doesn't double - it grows exponentially. Because then suddenly everybody wants to be in your bedroom. But I don't really give them anything. — Matt Damon

I often think it would be really interesting to take all of those who would wage war to the battlefield cemeteries, and say, explain yourself to the dead. Explain yourself to the dead! — Jacqueline Winspear

God's interest goes beyond we being blessed but begin to plan for increase — Sunday Adelaja

As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with pleasure if you know how to use it. The gradually declining years are among the sweetest in a man's life, and I maintain that, even when they have reached the extreme limit, they have their pleasure still. — Seneca The Younger

sometimes he would wake up choking on his own saliva if he accidentally turned over on his back. — R.J. Palacio

A father's and a mother's age must be borne in mind; with joy on the one hand, fear on the other. — Confucius

[Race] had no substance, like a shadowy shape that terrifies in the dark but vanishes by the light of day. — Nayantara Sahgal

During the course of the year a number of ideas just come up automatically. I could be walking down the street. Or shaving. An idea will hit me and I'll write it down. Then, when I'm ready to write, I check my little matchbooks and napkins and find that it is good or it's pretty terrible. There are other times when I don't have any ideas and I'll go into a room and close the door and I sit and sweat it out for a day or a month and eventually I come up with [something]. — Woody Allen

But [Coca-Cola] was also genuinely welcomed by the servicemen in far-flung military bases: Coca-Cola reminded them of home and helped to maintain morale. — Tom Standage