Assheton Carter Quotes & Sayings

Nothing exists if a store doesn't buy it and you're not able to get it. — Carrie Donovan

We ought to be interested in that darkest and most real part of a man in which dwell not the vices that he does not display, but the virtues that he cannot. — G.K. Chesterton

Everything since Homer has improved, except poetry. — Giacomo Leopardi

I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow. — Barry Goldwater

The truth is that you are the instrument of God, that you have to become one with God, that you have to be born again. — Nirmala Srivastava

Compared to Nature we suffer a poverty of imagination; it is thus much easier for us to uncover than to invent. — Douglas Lenat

Dreiser ... I love ... and almost wouldn't speak to anyone who ever attacked him. — Marguerite Young

A moment later the race began - poof - without any fanfare. There was no horn or gun or even a megaphone. But someone at the starting line must have yelled, "Go!" for everyone began running. Some things, even some of the most life-changing experiences, start that way. No one says, "This (fill in the blank) is going to be one of the most radical rites of passage you will ever travel through, so pay attention." Someone just says, "Okay, go ahead now," and you find yourself in the middle of an unexpected lightning storm with your life flashing before you. — Cami Ostman

Being under him, trapped, objectified, I lost all fear. With Jonathan, I felt safe. I felt a loss of control so complete, a surrender so honest that it became a luxurious indulgence. — C.D. Reiss

I know the youth of India. They are not merely asking for things. The youth wants to stand of their own feet and live a life of pride and dignity. — Narendra Modi

You will see in this my notion of good works, that I am far from expecting to merit heaven by them. By heaven we understand a state of happiness, infinite in degree, and eternal in duration. I can do nothing to deserve such rewards ... Even the mixed imperfect pleasures we enjoy in this world, are rather from God's goodness than our merit, how much more such happiness of heaven! — Benjamin Franklin

I didn't have any intention of playing music for a living or anything like that. I was just not doing well in my head or whatever you call it and drinking too much. — Frank Fairfield

People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them. — Gail Sheehy

If the last few weeks had taught Han anything, it was that he didn't belong in the civilised part of her world. His place was in the bowels of the Falcon, or the pilot's seat. — James S.A. Corey

You want to be treated like an adult? Then you need to grow up. — Kristan Higgins