Blage Quotes & Sayings

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. — George Allen

Verily a man cannot serve two masters. And I consider the foundation or destruction of a religion far greater than the foundation or destruction of a state, let alone a party. — Adolf Hitler

I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail - I shall succeed. — Abraham Lincoln

Haven't you ever noticed how highways always get beautiful near the state capital? — Shirley Ann Grau

No nice extreme a true Italian knows;
But bid him go to hell, to hell he goes. — Juvenal

No ruler can make a people good. — George R R Martin

Gauguin says that when sailors have to move a heavy load or raise an anchor, they all sing together to keep them up and give them vim. That's just what artists lack! — Vincent Van Gogh

The Freys are prickly where marriage contracts are concerned. — George R R Martin

It is strange to think that we might have crossed paths, and still not have known what we were missing. — Jodi Picoult

Have you ever known grieving that ends only when your own heart stops beating? — Karen White

Poverty and lack of education are ruining our planet. — Oscar Arias

I think I love humor in poetry, but not that slapstick cheap easy humor, but that uncomfortable, "did she say that out loud?" kind of humor. — Victoria Chang

shoot for the stars and hope you get there — Natalie Lee

I was only going to say," said Scrooge's nephew, "that the consequence of his taking a dislike to us, and not making merry with us, is, as I think, that he loses some pleasant moments, which could do him no harm. I am sure he loses pleasanter companions than he can find in his own thoughts, either in his mouldy old office or his dusty chambers. I mean to give him the same chance every year, whether he likes it or not, for I pity him. He may rail at Christmas till he dies, but he can't help thinking better of it - I defy him - if he finds me going there in good temper, year after year, and saying, 'Uncle Scrooge, how are you?' If it only puts him in the vein to leave his poor clerk fifty pounds, that's something. — Charles Dickens

As I paddled on, mt heartbeat boomed like a motor in my ears. I am I am I am. — Sylvia Plath