Book Of Sirach Quotes & Sayings

Growing up is going to hurt. Only you can decide if the pain is worth the love. — Emily Henry

Simplicity is not so simple to attain. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Don't try to beat the goalkeeper ... Tr y to destroy the goalkeeper. — Steven Gerrard

Ambition was an itch in Mary's show, a maggot in her guts. — Emma Donoghue

For a strong adversary (corps) the opposition of twenty-four squadrons and twelve guns ought not to have appeared very serious, but in war the psychological factors are often decisive. An adversary who feels inferior is in reality so. — Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much. — Sammy Davis Jr.

I do feel part of that generation of people who were rather idealistic in the '70s and became disillusioned in the '80s. Not just about social services issues, but the world. — Kazuo Ishiguro

Americanism is a question of spirit, of conviction and purpose, not creed or birthplaces. The test of our worth is the service we render. — Theodore Roosevelt

I would next like to work in anthropology; for here, if I may say so, I believe I have much to contribute-indeed, I believe I am on the verge of substantiating significant advances both theoretical and practical; yes, my inquisitors, I assure you this is true; for I have established, on my own, as an unaffiliated scholar, no less than a new definition of Man- yes, him- one that is easily more rigorous than any heretofore proposed; forget opposable thumbs, disregard use of tools,lay down language capacity or abstract reasoning-those are clearly insufficient; my definition easily surpasses these provisional flouncings in accuracy, comprehensiveness, and elegance; and it is this: man is the animal who pisses where he shouldn't; — Evan Dara

Mine eyes Were not in fault, for she was beautiful; Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart, That thought her like her seeming. It had been vicious To have mistrusted her. — William Shakespeare

Inside every Sancho Panza there's a Don Quixote struggling to get out. — P. J. O'Rourke

No SEAL has ever actually admitted feeling pain since the beginning of Creation. — Chris Kyle

I still have a righteous indignation at injustice, no matter what form it takes. It could be homophobia, it could be white supremacy, male supremacy, imperial arrogance, class subordination or whatever. — Cornel West

The empire of custom is most mighty. — Publilius Syrus

We're right to say that a culture that can't tolerate free speech is ... there are a wide range of positive human experiences that are not available in that culture. And we're right to want those experiences. — Sam Harris