Bastable 2014 Quotes & Sayings

Happiness above all seems to be of this character, for we always choose it on account of itself and never on account of something else. Yet honor, pleasure, intellect, and every virtue we choose on their own account - for even if nothing resulted from them, we would choose each of them - but we choose them also for the sake of happiness, because we suppose that, through them, we will be happy. — Aristotle.

It simply is not true that war never settles anything. — Felix Frankfurter

Hmm." He grins, and leans forward onto his knees. He presses his hands to the metal plate, framing my head with his arms, and kisses me, slowly, on my mouth, under my jaw, right above my collarbone. — Veronica Roth

My message to David Cameron, as the head of our government, is to seriously think again about this Robin Hood tax, the tax to help the poor by taking a little bit from the rich. — Keith O'Brien

I can't. Not just because I've never done it before, but because in this case, telling him my truth wouldn't just be risking rejection. I could be thrown into the loony bin. — Rachel Harris

Respecting one's elders is difficult enough, but when they are soaked with water and have proved themselves to be dishonest, it is nearly impossible. — Lemony Snicket

You can always find time to do the thing you really, really want to do. — Jennifer Rowe