Arriere Quotes & Sayings

She had one of those charming faces which, according to the angle from which you see them, look either melancholy or impertinent. Her eyes were grey; her trick of narrowing them made her seem to reflect, the greater part of the time, in the dusk of her second thoughts. With that mood, that touch of arriere pensee, went an uncertain, speaking set of lips. — Elizabeth Bowen

For some people though, the typical American lifestyle just doesn't cut it. They want something else, something different, and that in itself is pretty scary. Breaking away from what's normal can be absolutely terrifying (and exciting) because there is just no way of knowing how it will pay off. It's higher risk, and hopefully higher reward. — Stephanie Yoder

I suspect that even most conservatives would prefer to live in the kind of world conjured up in the liberals' imagination rather than in the kind of world we are in fact stuck with. — Thomas Sowell

Secrets can kill the innocent and enchant the guilty. — Alexis Hurley

The difference between faith and insanity is that faith is the ability to hold firmly to a conclusion that is incompatible with the evidence, whereas insanity is the ability to hold firmly to a conclusion that is incompatible with the evidence. — William Harwood

The Unhappy may, possibly, by indulging Thought, hit on some lucky Stratagem for the Relief of his Misfortunes, and the Happy may be infinitely more so by contemplating on his Condition. — Eliza Haywood

I am in favor of a foreign policy that will cultivate relations of peace with all nations, and I will never give my influence, either as a private citizen or a public servant, for war, so long as it can be honorably avoided. — Ambrose Burnside

Taking time out each day to relax and renew is essential to living well. — Judith Hanson Lasater