Brocardo Quotes & Sayings

I grew up in a very difficult country, a very oppressive situation because of the Somoza dictatorship. My family was in opposition to Somoza; Somoza was a liberal, and my family were conservatives. These were the two traditional parties in Nicaragua. — Gioconda Belli

I confess to considerable doubts about the eventual stability of democracy, unless buttressed by constitutional safeguards and a general climate of opinion which thoroughly understands the case for liberty in general — Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins

I've always been surrounded by children - never bothered by their noise. — Gunter Grass

Bad bloods aren't born evil or dangerous. We are taught to be, but only because we have to if we want to survive. — Shannon A. Thompson

You may not be rich with money, Socrates was not, your life still has tremendous value. — Debasish Mridha

It gets quite difficult for me when I listen to pop music. I don't often understand the words, but when someone translates them to me, I think, 'What is this song representing? That women are just there to be treated like objects?' — Malala Yousafzai

The danger of any new party at a time of disillusion with the old parties, is that it becomes all things to all men. — Shirley Williams

She had seen hundreds of doors in the castle - doors of wood, of bronze, of glass - but never one of solid iron. This one was ancient, from a time when an iron door meant something. So was this supposed to keep someone out - or to keep something in? Celaena — Sarah J. Maas

Sometime on a bright blue day
When everything is very clear
And there are no wrinkles in the sky
It's good to go to a quiet place
And lie down on your back and look at the world
Or put your face deep in the grass
And your arms around the ground
And remember how it was when you were little
And remember you're still the same you
Only you got bigger on the outside is all that happened. — Bobby Markels

The inauspiciousness of the owl is nothing but the inauspiciousness of the man who thinks that owl is inauspicious! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

My best experience as a writer was working with Michael Ondaatje. He let me dismantle his novel, reimagine it, and still had dinner with me and gave me good notes. But the best thing about writing has been the writer's life, the sense of being expressed, the ownership of the day, the entirely specious sense of freedom we have, however slave we are to some boss or other. I wouldn't trade it for any other life. — Anthony

I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it. — Dick Bruna

I lean into him, because I'm cold and he's always warm. And because I like to remind him that I'm not afraid of him. — Rainbow Rowell