Boeckh Building Quotes & Sayings

One of the ill effects of cruelty is that it makes the bystanders cruel. — Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet

Elinor, in spite of every occasional doubt of Willoughby's constancy, could not witness the rapture of delightful expectation which filled the whole soul and beamed in the eyes of Marianne, without feeling how blank was her own prospect, how cheerless her own state of mind in the comparison, and how gladly she would engage in the solicitude of Marianne's situation to have the same animating object in view, the same possibility of hope. — Jane Austen

When we don't put the brakes on our self-absorption, we have nothing stopping us from total self-destruction. We become the fruits of our actions. — Zeena Schreck

If you want to make pictures and enjoy making them, you better go out and make something that a lot of people want to see. And then they'll turn you lose and let you make what you want. And then maybe you can do some of the things that you want to do. But as a beginner, you haven't got a chance. — Howard Hawks

I love writing literary stuff. My favorite writer is definitely Edgar Allan Poe - so imaginative and prolific. My second favorite writer would have to be Shakespeare - I love the emotion and human truths he touches on so beautifully. — MC Lars

I've done a lot of things with theater that I'm very, very proud of. — Dennis Christopher

We don't see a choice between securing growth and investment and raising human rights issues. — George Osborne

Sometimes all it takes is a kind person to take you by the hand, hold you tightly, and gently whisper, Everything's going to be all right. — Charles F. Glassman

To Chloe's breast young Cupid slily stole,
But he crept in at Myra's pocket-hole. — William Blake

We've had this conversation before, but humor me. How many people in this room have a soul? A shot at heaven, or whatever there is after this life. — Stephenie Meyer

When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war. — Howard Zinn

Government should never be able to do anything you can't do. If you can't steal from your neighbor, you can't send the government to steal for you. — Ron Paul

Interestingly, there has been significant research done with people experiencing what we call infatuation. When we have this experience we could call falling into infatuation (or falling into romantic interest), chemicals are secreted in the brain, causing light-headedness, dizziness, and a flood of emotions that we can't explain. Certain people trigger that kind of response in us. We are almost instantly drawn to them. — Chip Ingram