Braughers Quotes & Sayings

Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest. — Charles Churchill

Love can end. It isn't permanent by nature, whatever the weavers of fairy tales want to suggest. Forever takes hard work, and is destroyed by lies. — Christine Amsden

The more intelligence one has, the more people one finds original. Commonplace people see no difference between men. — Blaise Pascal

You are not a crowd. You are not a label. As an individual you have a unique place in my heart and mind. — Salil Jha

A goal should scare you a little, and excite you a lot. — Joe Vitale

To be responsible is to be the uncontested author of an event or thing. — Jean-Paul Sartre

Her mother often joked that Marjorie must have been birthed from a cocoa nut, split open and wide. — Yaa Gyasi

I had no idea how to get guys to notice me. I still don't. Who cares? — Amy Poehler

I really don't know where my interest in death comes from. Maybe I've just got a twisted imagination. The truth is, I haven't had a hugely eventful life - maybe I'm compensating in my creative life. Or maybe I'm just a bit sick. — Laura Wade

There is no profit in deceit. An honest man knows revenge is not sweet. — Robert Palmer

People with the best intentions will often give you advice on why you shouldn't take a risk because of what could happen. While some of what they say may be true, you should never allow them to get their negative anchors into your mind because, like them, you too will begin to sink. Next time this happens, throw them a life-line, and ask them what is good about their situation. — Bob Proctor

But oh, the irony of meeting about green initiatives over tiny disposable water bottles. — Tracy Ewens

This mixture of political and geographical considerations compounded Saddam's failure to grasp the operational requirements of such a campaign. Rather than allowing his forces to advance until their momentum was exhausted, he voluntarily halted their advance within a week of the onset of hostilities and then announced his willingness to negotiate a settlement. This decision not to capitalise on Iraq's early military successes by applying increased pressure had a number of dire consequences which, in turn, led to the reversal of the course of the war. It saved the Iranian army from a decisive defeat and gave Tehran precious time to re-organise and regroup; and it had a devastating impact on the morale of the Iraqi army and hence on its combat performance. Above all, the limited Iraqi invasion did nothing to endanger the revolutionary regime, nor to drive Ayatollah Khomeini towards moderation. — Efraim Karsh