Aleksej Sved Quotes & Sayings

Sir, you have but two topics, yourself and me. I am sick of both. — Samuel Johnson

The ordinary detective discovers from a ledger or a diary that a crime has been committed. We discover from a book of sonnets that a crime will be committed. — G.K. Chesterton

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life and death. — Alfred Russel Wallace

I worked in Maynard Jackson's first campaign, and I remember the excitement we felt when he won. — Pearl Cleage

I never use the words HUMANIST or HUMANITARIAN, as it seems to me that to be human is to be capable of the most heinous crimes in nature. — Gregory Maguire

He was an artist when he saw society: it never crossed his mind that society had to be like this; had any right, had any business being like this. A car in the street. Why? Why cars? This is what an artist has to be: harassed to the point of insanity or stupefaction by first principles. — Martin Amis

The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth. — Napoleon Bonaparte

No sane man sets out to save the world. — S.A. Bolich

I need to be more consistent about taking care of myself no matter how busy I am. — Mandy Moore