Almayer Ford Quotes & Sayings

The afternoon was very hot, so hot that the breaking of the waves on the shore sounded like the repeated sigh of some exhausted creature, and even on the terrace under an awning the bricks were hot, and the air danced perpetually over the short dry grass. The red flowers in the stone basins were drooping with the heat, and the white blossoms which had been so smooth and thick only a few weeks ago were now dry, and their edges were curled and yellow. Only the stiff and hostile plants of the south, whose fleshy leaves seemed to be grown upon spines, still remained standing upright and defied the sun to beat them down. — Virginia Woolf

He [Roger Federer] is the greatest natural talent in tennis I've ever seen. I love to watch the guy play, he's an awesome talent — John McEnroe

You can't worry too much about profile; otherwise, you become a different kind of actor, and that's not the kind of actor I want to be. — Anne-Marie Duff

Remember that the future is not somewhere we are going, it is something we are creating. Everyday we do things that make some futures more probable and others less likely. — Ian Lowe

The case for government by elites is irrefutable. — J. William Fulbright

I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived. — Sebastian Junger

I can't wish I weren't something that I am. — Jenna Bush

If the case be such indeed, that all mankind are by nature in a state of total ruin, then, doubtless,the great salvation by Christ stands in direct relation to this ruin, as the remedy to the disease. — Jonathan Edwards

The term 'hero' irritates me greatly. — Irena Sendler

Very well." He sat cross-legged on the floor of the cage. "You haven't run off so you want to talk. I will hear your explanation now."
"Really, Your Majesty? So good of you to condescend. I'll try to use small words and go slow."
"You're wasting my time. I know Jim betrayed me and you're covering for him. This is your chance to dazzle me wih your brillance or baffle me with your bullshit. You won't get another. When I get out, I won't be in the mood to listen. — Ilona Andrews

Wisdom ain't a virtue I ever aspired to. — Moira Young

Why would I seek to break your heart?"
"Because you can be a merciless bastard at times," I answered honestly.
A smile flitted across his lips. "True, but I want you with me. — Jeaniene Frost

I'm not letting go of you. — Jojo Moyes

Naked acrobatics are on my resume — Miles Teller