Al Akhbar Egyptian Quotes & Sayings

He makes up the most remarkable yarns - and then his mother shuts him up in the closet for telling stories. And he sits down and makes up another one, and has it ready to relate to her when she lets him out. He had one for me when he came down tonight. 'Uncle Jim,' says he, solemn as a tombstone, 'I had a 'venture in the Glen today.' 'Yes, what was it?' says I, expecting something quite startling, but no-wise prepared for what I really got. 'I met a wolf in th street,' says he, 'a 'normous wolf with a big red mouf and awful long teeth, Uncle Jim.' 'I didn't know there was any wolves at the Glen,' says I. 'Oh, he comed there from far, far away,' says Joe, 'and I fought he was going to eat me up, Uncle Jim.' 'Were you scared?' says I. 'No, 'cause I had a gun,' says Joe, 'and I shot the wolf dead, Uncle Jim - solid dead - and then he went up to heaven and bit God,' says he. — L.M. Montgomery

In my view, nations together are stronger than when they are isolated. And because they are stronger, their people are more free, not less. — Charles Kennedy

Behind all seen things lies something vaster; everything is but a path, a portal or a window opening on something other than iteself. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Every kiss still felt like a gift, because I knew how much they cost him. — Sarina Bowen

First her body goes missing, then her finger. — Bliss Addison

No, sitting up with you when you were sick, and you falling asleep in my lap, was one of my best nights. It wasn't comfortable, I didn't sleep worth a shit, but I brought in your nineteenth birthday with you, and you're actually pretty sweet when you're drunk. — Jamie McGuire

Childlessness doesn't make people selfish; selfishness makes people selfish. — Elizabeth Gilbert

(The mind's) dynamics transcend the time and space of brain physiology. — Roger Wolcott Sperry

The idea of a rational bureaucracy, of skill, merit, and consistency, is essential to all modern states. — Bernard Crick

This-the immediate, everyday, and present experience-is IT, the entire and ultimate point for the existence of a universe. — Alan Watts

The Commonwealth is a vital and positive partnership between countries striving to develop trade relations and promote democracy and human rights, united by shared values. — Douglas Alexander