Alves Dos Quotes & Sayings

I was convinced, I added, that she would be better at once if her father said that he was sacrificing Frau K. to her health. I hoped that he would not be persuaded to do so, because then she would have seen what a strong weapon she had in her hands, and would certainly not shrink from exploiting all the possibilities of illness on every future occasion. However, if her father did not give in to her, I felt sure that she would not abandon her invalid status so easily. — Sigmund Freud

I needed to go ... the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force on earth. — Tenzing Norgay

People wouldn't think of making avant-garde cuisine at home. When people play basketball at home, they can't play like Michael Jordan. — Ferran Adria

The enemy of the modern woman is not women who like fashion or are writing about it. The enemy is stereotypes that come from all places and that tell you to be one way or the other. The enemy is really real sexist people, like Todd Akin, and people who are violent against women physically or sexually. — Megan Amram

There are lots of women tennis players, for instance, but because not many of them seem to have much personality, they're interchangeable. You don't have a feeling about them. — Daley Thompson

Let's face it, all the good stuff happens after midnight. — Matt Groening

Her eyes shot up to his, expressing gratitude. He ignored the pain her obvious relief brought him. — Lorraine Heath

Now, which am I to believe, a book that any impostor might make and call the Word of God, or the creation itself which none but an Almighty Power could make? For the Bible says one thing; and the creation says the contrary. The Bible represents God with all the passions of a mortal, and the creation proclaims him with all the attributes of a God. — Thomas Paine

Gimme the fucking creeps, Doakes grumbled. I began to appreciate the man's finer qualities. Of course I gave him the fucking creeps. The only real question was why he was the only one in a room filled with cops who had the insight to get the fucking creeps from my presence. — Jeff Lindsay

I've been working so hard, I'm about to have a Mariah Carey. — Usher

In a universe that defies description, all systems of belief can only be false. — Austin Osman Spare

The older she grows, the farther she walks. It is a good thing the world is round and she is fond of walking in circles or else she might disappear across three times nine countries in the thirtieth tsardom! — Emma Richler

My mom grew up in Idaho, went to Brigham Young University: they're very Molly Mormon. And my father is, like, first generation Albanian, and his parents lived in Southey and grew up in downtown Boston. My parents are complete opposites. — Eliza Dushku

I want her so much that it overrides everything else, every other thought in my head, every instinct, every restraint. — Beth Revis