Compleats Dinners Quotes & Sayings

The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude. — Francis Bacon

If I had read as much as other men I would have known no more than they. — Thomas Hobbes

I will never retire unless I have to. — Dolly Parton

He says, "We are visitors on this planet. We are here for ninety or one hundred years at the very most. During that period, we must try to do something good, something useful, with our lives. Try to be at peace with yourself, and help others share that peace. If you contribute to other people's happiness, you will find the true goal, the true meaning of life. — Kim Stanley Robinson

Indeed, the Englishman's history of New England commences only when it ceases to be New France. — Henry David Thoreau

For so long, I hadn't really heard Margo - I'd seen her screaming and thought her laughing - that now I figured it was my job. To try, even at this great remove, to hear the opera of her. — John Green

And I wouldn't take on such a big thing if I didn't think I could nail it. — Trish Stratus

Bower City didn't do gloomy or rainy or sad. It didn't dirty its head with the ashes of mourning. It had one bright cheery note, and everyone was forced to sing it. — Josephine Angelini

It's heavy, but I am able to carry it. Why? Because I'm an African woman. An African woman carries heavy loads anyway. That's how we are trained; we are brought up that nothing is unbearable. I use that now, positively. I use that now to have the thick skin that I have, and not fear, and move forward, and push; and push forward. — Joyce Banda

The 21st century is going to be the American century. Because we lead not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example. That is the history of the journey of America. — Joe Biden

We will fight and defend my good name in the European court. We have to be strong and defend Ukraine from this authoritarianism. — Yulia Tymoshenko