Bcirpu Quotes & Sayings

I'm not the slowest writer that you know. — David Remnick

The functions of the president are prescribed by the Constitution, but his real achievements are not set by the letter of the law. They are determined rather by his personality, the weight of his influence, his capacity for managing men, and the strength and effectiveness of the party forces behind him. — Charles A. Beard

We cannot do without it, and yet we disgrace and vilify the same. It may be compared to a cage, the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair to get out. — Michel De Montaigne

I need to give you one last bit of advice in the off chance this rather extraordinary and enviable situation in which you find yourself is actually true- that somehow you've fallen deep down into a Cordova story. I stared back at him. Be the good guy, he said. How do I know I'm the good guy? He pointed at me, nodding. A very wise question. You don't. Most bad guys think they're good. But there are a few signifiers. You'll be miserable. You'll be hated. You'll fumble around in the dark, alone and confused. You'll have little insight as to the true nature of things, not until the very last minute, and only if you have the stamina and the madness to go to the very, very end. But most importantly- and critically- you will act without regard for yourself. You'll be motivated by something that has nothing to do with the ego. You'll do it for justice. For grace. For love. Those large rather heroic qualities only the good have the strength to carry on their shoulders. And you'll listen. — Marisha Pessl

The chains of marriage are so heavy that it takes two to bear them, sometimes three. — Alexandre Dumas-fils

It would be wonderful if this world was guided by little children, because they are closer to life than anyone else. — Jaggi Vasudev

Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively. — Kate Winslet

We must unify Taiwan; we cannot afford to have our society being divided in half. — Chen Shui-bian

I miss having a villain. Whether we realize it or not, most of us define ourselves by opposing rather than by favoring something or someone. To put it another way, it is easier to react than to act. Nothing arouses a passion for dogma more than a good antagonist. And the more unlikely the better. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

You have given me a great responsibility: to stay close to you, to be worthy of you and to exemplify what you are. — Jimmy Carter

The longer a thing is to take doing, the more reason to begin at once — Ethel Lilian Voynich

It is, of course, not only impossible for readers to know the intention of most, if not all, writers, but an author himself may think he is writing one thing while he is in fact writing something quite different. — Russell M. Goldfarb

For you to believe that there is no major world conspiracy which involves a small number of people manipulating humanity through a hierarchical structure of control toward a New World Order, shows you have, in actual fact, not looked genuinely into the abundance of well-researched information on world conspiracy to see if there is one! — David Icke

The core of me is country. It's what I love. It's what I write. Even when I sing pop stuff, I'm still singing it 'countrily.' — Ashley Monroe

As with winning the lottery, or becoming famous - there is no manual for becoming a woman, — Caitlin Moran