Barton Cek Semily Quotes & Sayings

The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian domeOutlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it. — Colley Cibber

Nature is always mysterious and secret in her use of means; and art is always likest her when it is most inexplicable. — John Ruskin

I don't like any shows very much, if you want to know the truth. They're not as bad as movies, but they're certainly nothing to rave about. In the first place, I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do. Some of the good ones do, in a very slight way, but it's not in a way that's fun to watch. And if the actor's really good, you can always tell he knows he's good, and that spoils it. — J.D. Salinger

I do not think that one is likely to write a good biography unless one feels some sympathy with its subject ... — Iris Origo

We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union. — Adam Weishaupt

Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals. — Alexander Hamilton

Her face was pale, her eyes as sad as when she looked at the ocean. — Rick Riordan

What is the next thing you need for leadership? It is the ability to make up your mind to make a decision and accept full responsibility for that decision. — Sam Manekshaw

The arrow belongs not to the archer when it has once left the bow; the word no longer belongs to the speaker when it has once passed his lips. — Heinrich Heine