Chagrined Pronunciation Quotes & Sayings

E-Governance to me is easy, effective and efficient governance. — Narendra Modi

We all go through a phase - it lasts a lifetime, for some of us - when we're embarrassed by our parents; we don't want them hanging around us because we're afraid they'll do or say something that will make us feel ashamed of them. — John Irving

My mother watched the skies at evening for a portent of the morrow. A cloud that went over and then turned around and came back was an especially bad sign. — Bobbie Ann Mason

There should be a law to the People besides its own will. — Lord Acton

Speech, after all, is in some measure an expression of character, and flexibility in its use is a good way to tell your friends from the robots. — Jacques Barzun

Since I have escaped the harshness of the economic bounds of poverty, I have stayed very connected to it spiritually. I reside and live and go and socialize and exist among those who suffer daily from the relationship that they have to poverty, Black men and women who are incarcerated. Actually, all people who are incarcerated, not just Black. — Harry Belafonte

Don't confuse being 'soft' with seeing the other guy's point of view. — George H. W. Bush

No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy. — Amartya Sen

Sunlight played along the River Cam. People in punts happily shouted at each other to fuck off. Thin natural scientists who had spent months locked away in their rooms growing white and fishlike, emerged blinking into the light. Couples walking along the bank got so excited about the general wonderfulness of it all that they had to pop inside for an hour. — Douglas Adams

One of the best sleight-of-hand guys I know is a plumber. — Ricky Jay

Life is always bringing unexpected gifts. — May Sarton

If you're shipwrecked on an island with 10 million dollars and your wife has gold and diamonds, but there's no water, no arable land, no fish, you have nothing. Money is a 'nothing' thing. — Jacque Fresco

No, Alina. You came here for Ravka. For the firebird. To lead the Second Army." He tapped the sun over his heart. "I came here for you. You're my flag. You're my nation. But that doesn't seem to matter anymore. — Leigh Bardugo

Technology, we find, amplifies behaviours. If you want to be anti-social, technology allows you to be. And vice versa. — Jan Chipchase