Briele Douglass Quotes & Sayings

The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with guilt. We look around at all those who have failed to get what they want and feel that we do not deserve to get what we want either. We forget about all the obstacles we overcame, all the suffering we endured, all the things we had to give up in order to get this far ... — Paulo Coelho

The only condition for such brand of more sophisticated rationalism: to believe and act as if one does not have the full story - to be sophisticated you need to accept that you are not so. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

In this context, the current recovery in the Japanese economy is taking place in tandem with the growing interdependence with the rest of the world, particularly with the other East Asian economies. — Toshihiko Fukui

You, if you were sensible,
When I tell you the stars flash signals,
each one dreadful,
You would not turn and answer me
The night is wonderful. — D.H. Lawrence

I can be whatever. You can be whatever. We can be whatever. Whatever, together. — Libba Bray

What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

My choices were never wrong. — Anthony Anderson

When the desire ain't on me I don't need help. When it is on me I don't want any. See? Like the old fellah that never mended his roof. Said on a wet day he couldn't do it and on a dry day it was as good as anybody's. — Agnes Sligh Turnbull

Cragg said, 'Come on, Rocky. I'm not getting — Gary Weston

The simple fact is this: There are no neutral photographs. — A. D. Coleman

The first presidential debate was down in Florida. Residents spent all day putting plywood on their televisions. — David Letterman

It was expected of all good middle-class Indian people to build India and, as you know, Indians - when we say, 'build India,' it was all about being an accountant, a lawyer, an engineer. So it was this idea that professionals would build the country. — Shekhar Kapur