Contiendas In English Quotes & Sayings

Note to self:
Do not under any circumstances fall in love again. — Cecelia Ahern

No, there was something in him that would not give in
neither to the whiskey, nor the woman, nor even the music. Even in the midst of his best music, it sat in the middle of him, this invisible black dog, and growled and waited, never to be cajoled. He knew of its presence
and was a little uneasy. For of course he wanted to let himself go, to feel rosy and loving and all that. But at the very thought, the black dog showed its teeth. — D.H. Lawrence

I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the bat tremendous speed for a few inches of its course. The speed with which the bat meets the ball is the thing that counts. — Zack Wheat

And now he could not marry Lady Lankouwen or Rainhilda or this beautiful maiden in front of him. Because he was in love ... desperately, hopelessly, painfully in love ... with the duke's daughter. — Melanie Dickerson

We're better off for all that we let in. — Indigo Girls

Poverty can teach lessons that privilege cannot. — Jack Klugman

If you join ISIS, if you wage jihad on America, then you are signing your death warrant. — Ted Cruz

I come more and more to the conclusion that wilderness, in America or anywhere else, is the only thing left that is worth saving. — Edward Abbey

I used it in a shot where Richard Burton goes down the hall to get a gun in a closet. And I wanted to get some excitement, and the hallway was too narrow for the dollies that they had at that time. So it was quite useful. — Haskell Wexler

When the lab rats hear the bell ringing, they freeze. That's what fear does to you - fear stops you dead in your tracks. Fear can keep you from harm, but fear can also rob you of your potential. Fear can rob you of an experience. Fear can rob you of happiness. Fear can rob you of real life ... Darkness has a way of scaring us ... — Rob Bell

Patience is more than a virtue for long lines and slow waiters. Patience is the red carpet upon which God's grace approaches us. — Max Lucado

The signs have been everywhere. The changing temperatures. The rising tides. The melting glaciers. Deforestation, pollution, and voracious, unsustainable consumption. We are killing our home. — B.C. Chase

What I feel most strongly here being in Congress is kind of the burden - the good burden - of representing all of our military. — Duncan D. Hunter

she'd have been throwing out clamshells, most likely. — Elizabeth Strout

Narrative has been part of human consciousness for a long time. And if it has played a part in all those thousands of years, it will know a trick or two. It will be wise. It will be mischievous. It will be helpful. It will be generous. — Jim Crace