Benalla Quotes & Sayings

He was the point dog, sent in to check for hostiles. His orders were simple. Bite everything. If it screamed, it was hostile. — Eoin Colfer

You know I can't stand Shakespeare's plays, but yours are even worse. — Leo Tolstoy

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
[The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.] — George Herbert

The public image of dinosaurs is tainted by extinction. It's hard to accept dinosaurs as a success when they are all dead. But the fact of ultimate extinction should not make us overlook the absolutely unsurpassed role dinosaurs played in the history of life. — Robert T. Bakker

A Creed For Those Who Have Suffered

I asked God for strength, that I might achieve.
I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey ...
I asked for health, that I might do great things.
I was given infirmity, that I might do better things ...
I asked for riches, that I might be happy.
I was given poverty, that I might be wise ...
I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men.
I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God ...
I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life.
I was given life, that I might enjoy all things ...
I got nothing I asked for - but everything I had hoped for. Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.
I am, among men, most richly blessed! — Roy Campanella

To put it simply, he makes me swoon like it's his damn job.
He's the only man who's ever affected me like this, and it's safe to say I hold it against him. It's inconvenient and rude. — Leisa Rayven

He that upon a true principle lives, without any disquiet of thought, may be said to be happy. — Roger L'Estrange

We need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the "do" part of faith. — Bob Goff

He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine. — Jeremy Taylor

Raith smiled. "There. You already feel yourself weakening. I've taken thousands like you, lovely child. Taken them and broken them. There was nothing they could do. There is nothing you can do. You were made to feel desire. I was made to use it against you. It is the natural cycle. Life and death. Mating and death. Predator and Prey."
Raith leaned closer with each word, and brushed his lips against Murphy's throat as he spoke. "Born mortal. Born weak. And easily taken."
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"And that's only a taste, child. When you know what it is to be truly taken later this night, you will understand that your life ended the moment I wanted you. — Jim Butcher

Survival is the biggest dharma. The scriptures say, nothing is a sin during danger. It is called apat dharma. Think — Anand Neelakantan

The publicists are the gatekeepers, and they wield a lot of power. They're the ones giving you access to their clients. — Tony Danza