Apartados Que Quotes & Sayings

The radio's pretty much always on, and I also listen to some American podcasts, such as for 'National Public Radio' and 'Newsweek'. — Ben Schott

Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters.
[Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.] — Tacitus

He looks at me like I've just said something absolutely idiotic, which of course I have. Love and truth being tied together, I mean. They make each other possible, you know? — John Green

A pregnant woman is a frightful object. A new-born child is loathsome. A deathbed rarely makes so horrible an impression as childbirth, that terrible symphony of screams and filth and blood. — Hjalmar Soderberg

I'm afraid that whatever I touch is spoilt by the contact."
"I'm not scared of being spoiled," Val said. — Holly Black

I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like DYING. — Holly Black

The expedition for the occupation of the Marquesas had sailed from Brest in the spring of 1842, and the secret of its destination was solely in the possession of its commander. No wonder that those who contemplated such a signal infraction of the rights of humanity should have sought to veil the enormity from the eyes of the world. And yet, notwithstanding their iniquitous conduct in this and in other matters, the French have ever plumed themselves upon being the most humane and polished of nations. A high degree of refinement, however, does not seem to subdue our wicked propensities so much after all; and were civilization itself to be estimated by some of its results, it would seem perhaps better for what we call the barbarous part of the world to remain unchanged. One — Herman Melville

This skin cripples me. It always has. - Kai Cheng Thom to -----, 2013 (age 22) — Jeanette Lynes

An unmarried adult who cannot navigate the welfare system has no choice but to work, but a married working parent is constantly evaluating the relative merits of staying home with the kids versus bringing home that second paycheck. — Philip Greenspun

You have to make the compromise: resign, stay out of the government, and you can say what you like ... but no one has to do anything about it. — Bob Ainsworth

Sometimes a simple question could have a complicated answer. — Lisa Kleypas