Beowulf Wergild Quotes & Sayings

I was learning that the best conversations consisted of keeping quiet and listening, and speaking, when one spoke at all, in words of a single syllable. — Alan Bradley

The whole bloated sensation of success is wiped clean when among family. There is no pressure of being looked upon as 'the brilliant one' but rather the comforts of always being the pupil. — Criss Jami

There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest that is really important and in which we have to make a decision in a particular case as to which is more important. — Floyd Abrams

Or did you wake up on the wrong side of stupid this morning? — Jennifer L. Armentrout

All that children can properly require of their parents is that they tolerate their own muddled spectrum - that they neither insist on the lie of perfect happiness nor lapse into the slipshod brutality of giving up. — Andrew Solomon

The academy awards in England; it's a classy affair as well. — Brenda Blethyn

I have such a respect for comedy. It's a lot harder than doing drama, in my opinion; you have to have sort of an innate sense of humor. There are rules to comedy you can learn. But ultimately, it really does require a certain point of view on the world, and that really does appeal to me. — Elizabeth Banks

In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go to cafes, you can talk to people. — Zoe Kazan

With anything that would make things better, believe as much as you can - then believe a little more. — Daniel Taylor

In a very slow way, I found my path. Even now, I think, 'If I can't do it my way, I'd rather not do it.' — Alison Goldfrapp

Not to know how to deny our soul its own wishes, is to foment a very hot-bed of vices. — Philip Neri