Aprenderse Las Tablas Quotes & Sayings

Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men-the master of superstition is the people; and arguments are fitted to practice, in a reverse order. — Francis Bacon

Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we? They talk about people and the proletariat; I talk about the suckers and the mugs. It's the same thing. — Graham Greene

If you can't do anything about it, don't worry about it. — Jeanne Calment

If I were a rock star, I'd have Taylor Swifted him and written one of those anthemic I don't love you anymore songs. — Lauren Blakely

I know I found his lips and let him caress me without realizing that I, too, was crying and didn't know why. That dawn, and all the ones that followed in the two weeks I spent with Julian, we made love to one another on the floor, never saying a word. Later, sitting in a cafe or strolling through the streets, I would look into his eyes and know, without any need to question him, that he still loved Penelope. I remember that during those days I learned to hate that seventeen-year-old girl (for Penelope was always seventeen to me) whom I had never met and who now haunted my dreams. I invented excuses for cabling Cabestany to prolong my stay. I no longer cared whether I lost my job or the grey existence I had left behind in Barcelona. I have often asked myself whether my life was so empty when I arrived in Paris that I fell into Julian's arms - like Irene Marceau's girls, who, despite themselves, craved for affection. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

his voice was centuries old — Maggie Stiefvater

Conservatives may worship Adam Smith's 'invisible hand,' but for Obama, the helping hand comes in large measure from the public, not the private sector. To call this 'socialism' is to do violence to the word and to the concept. To call it 'un-American' is a smear. — Jeff Greenfield

I'd rather write one good book than ten mediocre ones. — Donna Tartt

My grandmother died of natural causes. Or as my family calls it murdered by the lord. — Dane Cook

Art, when destroyed can never be replaced, yet history repeats itself. — Clarence H. Burns

It is a curious thing that people only ask if you are enjoying yourself when you aren't. — E. Nesbit

In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here, we are experts at that. We use psychic bullets and kill each other cell by cell. — Norman Mailer

I laughed and shook my head. 'I don't think so. My mum doesn't really go out. And it's not my cup of tea.'

'Like films with subtitles weren't your cup of tea?'

I frowned at him. 'I'm not your project, Will. This isn't My Fair Lady.'

'Pygmalion.'

'What?'

'The play you're referring to. It's Pygmalion. My Fair Lady is just its bastard offspring. — Jojo Moyes