Carvoeiro Beach Quotes & Sayings

If I took the 40 years of my dad talking to me about war and battles and taking me to battlefields and distilled it down into one question, it would probably be the idea of the necessary or unnecessary war. — Suzanne Collins

We are all students, in the great school in the sky. — Francisco Rebollo

Initiative is the essence of manhood. Noting comes to the man who is passive, except failure. — Dennis Rainey

In Europe I couldn't be anything but a black cook working for somebody. My inspiration was to own, to be the chef. — Marcus Samuelsson

I was behind, but now I'm below. Hopefully, they'll have books wherever I go ... — Carmen DeSousa

I don't regard my career as something so precious that it comes before my convictions. — Orson Welles

Anyone who sees only the bright side but not the difficulties cannot fight effectively for the accomplishment of the Party's tasks. — Mao Zedong

I left him and went up on deck to look out at the slithering city, its glitter of street lamps fizzy under the rain. There's something wrong about a ship in dock, something pathetic, like a bird fluttering in a spill of oil. The Nova was tethered to her berth by ropes and chains, caught in a pool of greasy water. I could feel her shifting under my feet, tugging to be free. — Beryl Bainbridge

He realized ... that the loudest are the least sincere, that arrogance is a quality of the ignorant, and that flatterers tend to be vicious. — Isabel Allende

I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went to private high school, I found myself spending much time in parent groups worrying about alcohol, unsupervised parties, and parents not being parents. — Marian Wright Edelman