Cissy Patterson Quotes & Sayings

According to the historian Arrian who reported the encounter, the ascetics beat their feet on the ground as Alexander passed them. When asked about the gesture, they said that Alexander occupied, despite his conquests, no more ground than that covered by the soles of his two feet. Like everyone else, he, too, was mortal, 'except that you are ambitious and reckless, traversing such a vast span of land, so remote from your home, enduring troubles and inflicting them upon others'.4 — Pankaj Mishra

As commentators like the American psychologist Gary Marcus have noted, it's extremely difficult to teach a computer to recognise cats. And that's not for want of trying. — Tom Chatfield

If a beautiful women expressed interest in me and my company, I don't really probe their motivations. Call me shallow. — Hugh Hefner

given that I'm making decisions that involve so much money and so many people, I can't afford to pretend to know what's up. — Sophia Amoruso

I married a cop."
"I told you not to."
Now he laughed, and kissed her again where her brow had furrowed. "And would I listen? I'm damn good at being married to a cop. — J.D. Robb

When I talk to anyone or read the writings of anyone who has any axe to grind, I feel that intellectual honesty and balanced judgement have simply disappeared from the face of the earth. Everyone's thought is forensic, everyone is simply putting a "case" with deliberate suppression of his opponent's point of view, and, what is more, with complete insensitiveness to any sufferings except those of himself and his friends. — George Orwell

Wagner thought Rossini unserious; Rossini thought Wagner 'lacked sun'. Wagner also became the butt of a phrase Rossini had used down the years to describe musicians about whom he had certain reservations - "He has some beautiful moments but some bad quarters of an hour! — Richard Osborne

There was only one way I could see managing this. I got out, ran around the car, opened his door, and straddled him with one leg outside and one foot on the console. Beeeeeep! My ass was on the horn. Beeeep, beeeep, beeeep, beepbeepbeepbeepbeep! A bead of sweat streaked down the side of Ranger's face. Babe. — Janet Evanovich

The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough. — Herbert Read

You are not dead, until every person who knew you is dead as well. Where did I hear that? It doesn't matter. There is a village in my head. — Neil Gaiman

I had a lot of very religious influences - Christian religious. — David Cassidy