Asoiaf Daenerys Quotes & Sayings

McChrystal had organized a jaw-dropping counterterrorism campaign inside Iraq, but the tactical successes did not translate into a strategic victory. This was why counterinsurgency - blanketing the population in safety and winning them over - was necessary. — Bob Woodward

When a democracy reaches a point where the politicians cannot say no to the people, and both parties are competing for votes by promising even more spending or even lower taxes, or both, the experiment is about over. — Pat Buchanan

How funny are dogs? — John Marsden

I set my goals way higher than the achievable. And when I fail, I fail at a very high level. That's my process. It's really demented, but it actually works. When you are aiming really high and doing something new, you must be also prepared to fail, learn from your mistakes and begin with a new plan. More motivated than before. — James Cameron

I, who so love a hermit life for a good part of the day, find myself living in public, and almost losing my identity. — Elizabeth Blackwell

True bravery means doing alone that which one could do if all the world were by. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Many grievers experience intense yearning or longing after a death - more than they experience, say, denial. — Meghan O'Rourke

Success is very largely a matter of adjusting one's self to the ever-varying and changing environments of life, in a spirit of harmony and poise. — Napoleon Hill

By the end of high school, I had this fork-in-the-road moment where part of me considered going to vocational music school to really pursue it. — Damien Chazelle

My body is not my own. — Mary Pride

Monster. And yet ... For her friends, for her family, she would gladly be a monster. For Rowan, for Dorian, for Nehemia, she would debase and degrade and ruin herself. — Sarah J. Maas

The swimming pool is almost 100 times more likely to kill a child than the gun is. — Steven D. Levitt

count no man happy until he be dead. — Solon

The notion of overnight stardom is really dangerous. For almost every person who has success in this business, there are years and years of hard work to get there. To have longevity, you really have to train, and you really have to work. — Caitlin Fitzgerald