Briffault Victorian Quotes & Sayings

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press. — Ida B. Wells

It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see. — Eleanor Farjeon

And what is love but a four-letter word for trouble? — Elizabeth Cunningham

The Art of Facing Things What people have forgotten is what every salmon knows. - ROBERT CLARK — Mark Nepo

Something's like crossed over in me and I can't go back. I couldn't live. — Geena Davis

You have to fight for your marriage, do whatever it takes. The commitment has to be there. And if you don't have a sense of humor, I don't know how anybody makes it. — Kay Robertson

Consider a nonstatistics example: Did the U.S. invasion of Iraq make America safer? There is only one intellectually honest answer: We will never know. The reason we will never know is that we do not know - and cannot know - what would have happened if the United States had not invaded Iraq. True, the United States did not find weapons of mass destruction. But it is possible that on the day after the United States did not invade Iraq Saddam Hussein could have climbed into the shower and said to himself, "I could really use a hydrogen bomb. I wonder if the North Koreans will sell me one?" After that, who knows? — Charles Wheelan

Beyond any question, the way the American founders consistently linked faith and freedom, republicanism and religion, was not only deliberate and thoughtful, it was also surprising and anything but routine. — Os Guinness

... the day had been both unprofitable and unsatisfactory, and he was wishing he could live it over again. — Louisa May Alcott

The moment politics becomes dull, democracy is in danger. — Lord Hailsham

When I graduated from college, I went straight to work for a federal contractor, a desk job, and they were great to me, they loved me, I was like their mascot, but I just couldn't stand working in an office. I just hated it. And so one day I went in and said, 'I'm sorry, this is my two-weeks notice, I'm quitting to become an artist.' — Maggie Stiefvater

Her soft lips met mine over and over, scorching my soul as she gradually pulled back. If I had known werewolves were such great kissers, I would've found one much sooner. — Lisa Kessler

One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity. — Ivan Turgenev