Chatrium Quotes & Sayings

I came to see soldiers as men willing to lay down their lives for the sake of others. They fight for themselves and the generation under immediate attack, but certainly they fight for the futures of free peoples. Decades beyond World War II, I am one who benefited. That I can vote in presidential elections and not bend my knee to Hirohito's grandson is testament to the enduring work of the veterans of World War II. That I can write books for a living instead of sweating in a Third Reich factory is a product of Allied triumph. — Marcus Brotherton

Don't be afraid to make a mistake, your readers might like it. — William Randolph Hearst

Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry. — Betty Ford

Man shouldn't be able to see his own face. That's what's most terrible. Nature gave him the possibility of not seeing it, as well as the incapacity of not seeing his own eyes. — Fernando Pessoa

My fault? How the hell is this"
I waved my arm across the table
my fault?"
"You know we don't believe in hell, so stop using that word in our presence," Bridie said.
"Fine. How in fucked-up fairyland is this my fault? — Barbra Annino

This is what happened to me when I received the governorship. The corrupt previous governor didn't do the handover. We received the Miranda governorship completely dismantled. — Henrique Capriles Radonski

I do not mourn the death of the printed letter in a snobby, East Coast, patrician way - 'Where have our manners gone?' - but because I love objects, I love paper, and I love something that I can hold to my chest for a moment. Still, I bear no grudge against the e-mail form itself. — Jami Attenberg

Aside. "How long will it take?" He was scared, and he wasn't pretending. "Not long," I said. "Not long at all." You — John Connolly

I like a women who's got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that's fine. — James Hetfield

A Zen master was heartbroken when her son died. At the funeral she cried and cried. Her disciples were surprised. "Didn't you teach us," they asked, "that everything is illusion?" She glared at them and said, "If you don't understand that each tear I shed saves countless sentient beings, you know nothing about Zen." Are — Ken I McLeod

I respect and value the ideals of rugged individualism and self-reliance. But rugged individualism didn't defeat the British, it didn't get us to the moon, build our nation's highways, or map the human genome. We did that together. This is the high call of patriotism. — Cory Booker