Bankll Quotes & Sayings

Then the pernicious charm of Italy worked on her, and, instead of acquiring information, she began to be happy. — E. M. Forster

Sometimes people have secrets that dictate the decisions they make. — Belle Ami

The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing. — William Cowper

Madame will forgive me for not perceiving her busyness. It is a sign of the highest breeding to be able to be busy whilst appearing idle to the uninformed observer. — Louis De Bernieres

Wet, wet, the interior of the island, they said, bog and marsh, rivers and chains of ponds alive with metal-throated birds. The ships scraped on around the points. And the lookout saw shapes of caribou folding into fog. — Annie Proulx

I am never going to be less sensitive so that you feel better about being judgmental toward me. — Dan Pearce

The fear of war is worse than war itself. — Seneca The Younger

When John took those naked pictures, the most popular singer was a girl with a tiny stick body and a large deferential head, who sang in a delicious lilt of white lace and promises and longing to be close. When she shut herself up in her closet and starved herself to death, people were shocked. But starvation was in her voice all along. That was the poignancy of it. A sweet voice locked in a dark place, but focused entirely on the tiny strip of light coming under the door.
I drop the rag in the bucket and smoke some more, ashing into the sink,. A tiny piece of the movie from the naked time plays on my eyeball: A psychotic killer is blowing up amusement parks. At the head of the crowd clamoring to ride the roller coaster is a slim, lovely man with long blond hair and floppy clothes and big, beautiful eyes fixed on a tiny strip of light that only he can see. — Mary Gaitskill

There is Ontario patriotism, Quebec patriotism, or Western patriotism; each based on the hope that it may swallow up the others, but there is no Canadian patriotism, and we can have no Canadian nation when we have no Canadian patriotism. — Henri Bourassa

A civilian-based diplomacy supports noncommercial, nonprofit, and publicly-subsidized media to counteract the corporate-controlled, for-profit, private media that dominate political discourse; and works to place media control, ownership, and lobbying at the center of public policy debate. — Nancy Snow

Dear IRS, I am writing to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list. — Charles M. Schulz

This is Nimrod, because of whose vile plan the world no longer speaks a single tongue. — Dante Alighieri

Meet me where the sky touches the sea. Wait for me where the world begins. — Jennifer Donnelly

She had always been different, even when she tried not to be, unable to curb her curiosity which led her to read a great number of books. Her world was constantly expanding until she could no longer fit herself into the culture that was most important to her. — Susan Power