Ben Loory Quotes Quotes & Sayings

A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family; and his family ere he be fit to bear the government of the commonwealth. — Walter Raleigh

Oil's been pretty darned good to us," she said. "I don't want a smaller house. I don't want to drive a smaller car. — Arlie Russell Hochschild

To some people I'll always be the bad guy. — Kevin Mitnick

That scene, like the one before it, is perfectly believable and totally made up — Laurent Binet

Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination. — Janet Frame

Borrowing a hammer from Walker Lauren, she pounded the tickets into the office door with a nail. Hawke, passing by, helpfully held the tickets in place while she hammered the nail. He didn't say a word, his expression so bland it was clear he was highly amused. — Nalini Singh

The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life activity; it affords protection to all beings, offering shade even to the axe-man who destroys it. — Gautama Buddha

Gintoki: Listen up! Let's say you drink too much strawberry milk, and have to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, but it's cold outside your bed. You don't want to get up, but the urge to urinate is just too strong! You make up your mind to go! You run to the bathroom, stand in front of the toilet, and let loose! You think that all your life has led to this moment! But then you realize. It isn't the bathroom! You're still in bed! That feeling of lukewarm wetness spreads like wildfire! But you don't stop! You can't stop! That's what I'm talking about! That's the truth of the strawberry milk! Do you get it? — Hideaki Sorachi

Personally, I now aim for one month of overseas relocation or high-intensity learning (tango, fighting, whatever) for every two months of work projects. — Tim Ferriss

Today, the United States faces a serious drug crisis. Some would say that only conspiracy theorists would claim the U.S. government helped fuel this situation. However, too much evidence proves the truth of the assertion - the U.S. government did have a hand in fueling today's drug crisis in America. — Kerry Patton

If the demons lie within they travel with you.
Everyone thinks their own situation most tragic. I am no exception. — Jeanette Winterson

They put up this bloke's picture on Crimewatch UK with a phone number and said 'Have you seen this man?' Well my auntie rang them up and said 'No'. — Jasper Carrott

Somehow he'd become the one constant in this whole uneven chapter in her life, & the idea that could change was unsettling. — Jennifer E. Smith

What we need is often exactly what we already have. — John-Paul Flintoff

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means. — Carl Von Clausewitz