Armine Shamiryan Quotes & Sayings

High value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al Qa'ida organization that was attacking this country. — Dennis C. Blair

The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin. — Heinrich Heine

It's not that there are no masters, but that there are many. And the job of the solicitor general is to balance those masters and to accommodate them all, each in their proper places, wisely and well and in so doing to represent the people of the United States. — Elena Kagan

I'd rather be voted 'the sexiest man in Denmark' than 'the ugliest man in Denmark'. — Mads Mikkelsen

The world is full of painful stories. Sometimes it seems as though there aren't any other kind ... — Octavia E. Butler

Even a life of suffering has a mysterious value. Even a life on the threshold of death is a thing of splendor. Anyone who has not looked death in the face does not know this, but I know it ... — Milan Kundera

Are there any punishments in life but our joys turned against us? — Elizabeth Bibesco

Along the way, he or she discovers that the world has been broken for as long as anyone can remember. Everyone, sooner or later, gets a thorough schooling in brokenness.
The question becomes what to do with the pieces? — Michael Chabon

Understanding of each other is the beginning of peace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Audrey nodded warily. She had never cared for conspiratorial female conversation of this sort. Its assumption of shared preoccupations was usually unfounded in her experience, its intimacies almost always the trapdoor to some subterranean hostility. — Zoe Heller

There are some things success is not. It's not fame. It's not money or power. Success is waking up in the morning so excited about what you have to do that you literally fly out the door. It's getting to work with people you love. Success is connecting with the world and making people feel. It's finding a way to bind together who have nothing in common but a dream. It's falling asleep at night knowing you did the best job you could. Success is joy and freedom and friendship. And success is love. — Allison Burnett

How many other people?" Alec asked. "Roughly."
Magnus shook his head. "I can't count, and it doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is how I feel about you."
"More than a hundred?" Alec asked. Magnus looked blank. "Two hundred?"
"I can't believe we're having this conversation now," Magnus said. — Cassandra Clare

If we don't have impressive-sounding names for things, no one will take us seriously. — Patrick Rothfuss

I think actually the marketing community is approaching a crisis: There are just too many messages competing for too little attention. That is the fundamental problem. — Malcolm Gladwell

I have a history of disregarding orders. - Mitch Rapp — Vince Flynn