Attaind Quotes & Sayings

Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A just universe wouldn't tolerate my existence. — Brent Weeks

Each worm to his taste;
some prefer to eat nettles. — Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

The most astonishing, the most surprising, the most marvelous, the most miraculous ... the greatest, the least, the rarest, the most common, the most public, the most private till today ... I cannot bring myself to tell you: guess what it is. — Marie De Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise De Sevigne

It is easier to talk about doing things than doing them. Many of us want to exercise more, eat more healthy, be kinder to our loved ones, etc., but unless we have specific milestones about how to do this, our intentions do not match our actions. The HR milestones we lay out offer specific steps along the longer journey to HR transformation. — Dave Ulrich

If Eleanor tried to kiss Park, it would be real-life version of some little girl making her Barbie kiss Ken. Just smashing their faces together. — Rainbow Rowell

It was Eric's voice not Simon's, on the recorded message. "Ladies, ladies " he said. Though it was the millionth time she'd heard the recording, Clary couldn't help rolling her eyes. "If you've reached this message that means our boy Simon is out partying. But please don't fight among yourselves. There's always enough Simon to go around." There was a muffled yell, some laughter, and then the long sound of the beep. — Cassandra Clare

Th aspirer, once attaind unto the top, Cuts off those means by which himself got up. — Samuel Daniel

I am seeing life in two dimensions; human and divine. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Mathematics is the science of patterns, and nature exploits just about every pattern that there is. — Ian Stewart

I, for one, will not have [the Vietcong] insulted by any comparison to the forces of Zarqawi, the Fedayeen Saddam, and the criminal underworld now arrayed against us. These depraved elements are the Iraqi Khmer Rouge. — Christopher Hitchens

I can't really say I'm batting badly. I'm not batting long enough to be batting badly — Greg Chappell

Diabetes is caused by melancholy. — Thomas Willis

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man. — Denis Diderot

To see a spiderweb was a matter of awareness. You noticed that you shared a space with the creature. You had a choice to leave it alone, destroy it, or engage with it. — Ronlyn Domingue

Tonight, I feel small. An entire night in the city seems to be too much for me, too immense for me to get lost in. By now it's past one, the after-hours city is in full swing, and morning is a long way off. — Charles Yu

Still, it doesn't do to murder people, no matter how offensive they may be. — Dorothy L. Sayers