Apreciaras Quotes & Sayings

People are still willing to do an honest day's work. The trouble is they want a week's pay for it. — Joey Adams

Women ... have long been discouraged from the awareness and forthright expression of anger. Sugar and spice are the ingredients from which we are made. We are the nurturers, the soothers, the peacemakers, and the steadiers of rocked boats. — Harriet Lerner

She glanced from Tavia to Chase, then back again to Tavia in utter amazement. Now, that's what I call making an entrance. — Lara Adrian

Liz: "Talking is overrated."
Gavin: "Now you sound like a guy."
Liz: "That's why you like me."
Gavin: "Because you're a guy? — Jaci Burton

...for all my regard for democracy , and my embrace of consultative management, there's a lot to be said for benevolent depotism. My inclination towards that model only increased when I went on to study philosophy and politics and early civilisations. I'm happy to consult broadly where appropriate, to draw in ideas. But when it is clear the direction that must be taken, leadership is about persuading people to come on board to work together on the strategy you believe will work. Sometimes you might get them there through subtle persuasion. At other times, I might still say, as I did so often at fifteen, 'Oh, please, just shut up and let's get on with it. — Christine Nixon

There is a tendency to see divine intervention in things that happen in the normal course of miracles. — Robert Breault

Somehow I think Trophy Wives wear more makeup and less cutlery. But hey, I haven't ever met a Trophy Wife, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they know what I know, that the true way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between his ribs. — Laurell K. Hamilton

I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it. — Karin Slaughter

The only way I'd ever die of a broken heart, is if I slammed into something really hard — Josh Stern

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility. — Adam Clarke

Sticks & stones may break your bones & hurtful words can destroy more than you know! — Timothy Pina

For a woman who lived in the dark it was enough if she had a faint, white face -a full body was unnecessary. — Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

There is no coherent knowledge , i.e. no uniform comprehensive account of the world and the events in it. There is no comprehensive truth that goes beyond an enumeration of details, but there are many pieces of information , obtained in different ways from different sources and collected for the benefit of the curious. The best way of presenting such knowledge is the list - and the oldest scientific works were indeed lists of facts, parts, coincidences, problems in several specialized domains. — Paul Feyerabend