Blandishments Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

The possibility of endangering Nevadans will never happen under my watch. I will do everything I can to protect the safety and welfare of our citizens. — John Ensign

Moral indignation is too precious an export to be wasted at home — Perry Anderson

I was not staring at you," he told his plate.
I leaned over. "Did you hear that, Dingane's lunch? He was not staring at you."
He looked up at me crossly. "I was not staring at you."
"I never said you were."
"I was merely explaining that Henry was exaggerating. I did not stare at you."
"Okay," I stated, implying in my tone that he had done just that.
"I didn't. I-I wasn't."
"I believe you," I told him
"I may have looked at you a few times to make sure you were doing your job."
"Oh, I see then."
"But I certainly wasn't staring."
"We've established that you were not staring."
He breathed deeply a few times, his eyes burning into mine. "Good."
He'd definitely been staring. — Fisher Amelie

In order to "win a man to your cause," Lincoln explained, you must first reach his heart, "the great high road to his reason. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

The idea that the world can unite without being regulated is clearly an illusion. — Guy Verhofstadt

We are consciousness examining and expressing itself so that it can become increasingly aware of its infinite capacity for being and evolving. — Jay Woodman

I know from experience that confidence alone can get a person into a forbidden place. — Veronica Roth