Angliana Quotes & Sayings

If treachery is the reward of trust, will the man who trusts come to harm? — Mahatma Gandhi

I had a stupid crush on a guy who barely tolerated me most of the time. Was that the kind of girl I was? Pick the jerk over the nice guy? — Kelley Armstrong

We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love ... — Mother Teresa

Like the periwig and the bowler hat, the plus-four and the bow-tie, the blazer is on the way out, and those who persist in wearing it do so with a smattering of self-consciousness, a touch of obstinacy, even a pinch of camp. — Craig Brown

We are passing through an eerie phase of history in which the things that everyone really knows are treated as unheard-of doctrines, a time in which the elements of common decency are themselves attacked as indecent. Nothing quite like this has ever happened before. Although our civilization has passed through quite a few troughs of immorality, never before has vice held the high moral ground. — J. Budziszewski

I used to feel an obligation to invent things. I felt I was a failure because I didn't do massive great novels about Australia or the outback or something. I just don't feel that any more. — Helen Garner

Once brothers, always brothers. — Yoseob

Who would care to question the ground of forgiveness or compassion. — Joseph Conrad

Guns are far too accessible and too readily available. There are over 200 million guns in our society - and that's just the legal ones, the ones we know about. Every ten seconds, another gun is produced. And every fourteen minutes, some person in America dies from gun-inflicted action. — Joycelyn Elders

Creativity is intelligence having fun. — Albert Einstein

There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once. — Beth Ditto

When globalization collides with domestic politics, the smart money bets on politics. — Dani Rodrik

Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don't get so worked up about things. — Kenneth Branagh

Willpower is breath and heartbeat of life; Life blooms in the girdle of taut willpower. — Praveen Kumar