Chwilowka Quotes & Sayings

Swords were brought out, guns oiled and made ready, and everything was in a bustle when the old Lexington dropped her anchor on January 26, 1847, in Monterey Bay, after a voyage of one hundred and ninety-eight days from New York. Everything on shore looked bright and beautiful, the hills covered with grass and flowers, the live oaks so serene and homelike, and the low adobe houses, with red-tiled roofs and whitened walls, contrasted well with the dark pine trees behind, making a decidedly good impression upon us who had come so far to spy out the land. Nothing could be more peaceful in its looks than Monterey in January, 1847. — William T. Sherman

I have learned to prize the quiet, lightning deed, not the applauding thunder at its heels that men call fame. — Alexander Smith

The men in Vietnam weren't allowed to fight the war with any kind of concern to win by the government. It was like a war of attrition. — Sylvester Stallone

I love comic books and always did as a kid. — Rick Moody

I have nothing against gay officers, but its time to get your shit straight an leave the drag at home. — Khalia Hades

Secretly, we wish anyone we love will think exactly the way we do. — Kim Chernin

Through people that I did know or through things that I did touch, I am connected with everything that ever was and everything that ever will be. Everything hangs together with everything. — David Steindl-Rast

She was the type of woman who caused men to do stupid shit they would later look back on with disbelief. — Scott Hildreth

When established identities become outworn or unfinished ones threaten to remain incomplete, special crises compel men to wage holy wars, by the cruelest means, against those who seem to question or threaten their unsafe ideological bases. — Erik Erikson

The power behind living a dream lies in either believing it's a dream or knowing it's not. — Richelle E. Goodrich