Beaders Cove Quotes & Sayings

I don't think there's anything to be admired in lying, cheating or philandering. But there might be something to be admired in not burning people at the stake because they have those weaknesses. — Warren Beatty

One of the most unfortunate side effects of the urban activism of the '60s and '70s is the belief that development is wrong and that fighting it makes you an environmentalist. — Alex Steffen

When you get divorced, you have to go through this awful thing of listing everything you own. When you actually sit down and write the list, you realize that the only good investments are art and property. — Tamara Mellon

When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it has. — Noam Chomsky

All Knowles had to do to close the door and get us to the first floor was to press a button, but he wasn't going to do that yet. He wasn't going to do it, maybe, for years. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends. — John Selden

Even in that short time he had seen that Anne had great power. She did not care if she quarreled with her uncle, or with any of the men at court that could have been her allies. She did not care who hated her, as long as the king was at her beck and call. And she could ruin any man she chose. George — Philippa Gregory

One man in his time plays many parts — William Shakespeare

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned. — George Bernard Shaw

God alone is true; God alone is great; alone is God. — Edouard Rene De Laboulaye

Words alone lack authority, and we risk making them surrogates for the life we'd like to lead. — David Miller

A habit cannot be eradicated - it must, instead, be replaced. — Charles Duhigg