Belliqueux English Quotes & Sayings

There is nothing worse than fear. Fear is worse than cancer, fear is worse than torture, fear is worse than betrayal and fear is even worse than death. — Bryant McGill

It is a wonderful and unexpected honor to receive the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Receiving this prize with Joseph Stiglitz and George Akerlof, whose work I have learned from and admired, makes it even more gratifying. — Michael Spence

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. — Albert Camus

I resent the implication that I'm less of a musician and a worse person for not appreciating certain works. — David Byrne

There are three infallible ways of pleasing an author, and the three form a
rising scale of compliment: 1, to tell him you have read one of his books; 2,
to tell him you have read all of his books; 3, to ask him to let you read the
manuscript of his forthcoming book. No. 1 admits you to his respect; No. 2
admits you to his admiration; No. 3 carries you clear into his heart. — Mark Twain

Every time I scratch my nails down someone else's back, I hope you feel it. — Alanis Morissette

Kind of bored and sort of sad. — Sandy Hall

As stated before, in Western - particularly American - culture, there is the myth of the individual superbeing. One man or woman, well-armed and highly skilled, with nerves of steel, can conquer the world. In truth, anyone believing this should simply strip naked, holler for the undead, then lay down on a silver platter. — Max Brooks

Sometimes one has to be humble enough to start at the bottom with a minimum-wage job even if you have a college degree. Once you get your foot in the door, you can prove your worth and rapidly move up the ladder. If you never get in the door, it is unlikely that you will rise to the top. — Ben Carson

I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me. — Anne Stevenson

Everything subtracted from the present is added to the future with interest. — CrimethInc.

The feeling that he was near the conclusion of his life was an instinctive conviction, such as we have when we waken in the dark and know at once that it is near morning; or when we are walking across the country and suddenly know that we are near the sea. Letters came every week — Willa Cather