Costed Quotes & Sayings

The Amulet released a brilliant fan of white rays, right from Jatred's chest and through the fabric of his shirt. — A.O. Peart

Charisma is a fancy name given to the knack of giving people your full attention. — Robert Breault

Whoever has not first dug a well, should not steal a minaret. — Idries Shah

If you think golf is relaxing, you're not playing it right. — Bob Hope

Soldiers are members of a profession of arms which has existed virtually unchanged for thousands of years- far longer than most other human institutions have existed. The Army has done so because of its unique character- a uniqueness based primarily upon intangibles that cannot be costed. — William A. Connelly

Nurse. Registered Massage therapist. Yoga instructor. She considered al of the above programs and costed out notions, and returned, always, to the library, to its heat, the fragrance of dried pages like pressed leaves, its quietude. Something else is present here too: oscuridad - the Spanish word for darkness, which Juliet believes contains so much more than its translation. The oscuridad in here mirrors her own: one tiny darkness amidst the darkness of a multitude of minds seeking illumination, dead and alive trapped in dormant words. She thinks she can hear the oscuridad, her cheek pressed to the fake wood of the carrel she has earned; she can hear it, even though the library's lights are forever on. — Carrie Snyder

Were the paths that we were heading down the right ones for us- or were we simply staying the course because we thought we should? Was the road most frequently traveled the one that we wanted to follow? — Amanda Pressner

I wonder what her fate will be?' 'What we've all contrived to make it,' he — Edith Wharton

the wildflowers said what burial. — Gwen Calvo

There was something special about the way his eyes met mine, the way his hands felt on my skin. It hit me like a ton of bricks when I realized that it was because he saw me, the woman, not the princess. I never thought that would happen, and the feeling was intoxicating. — Nichole Chase

The soul is like a caged bird, it waits for the right person to open the door and set it free. — Belinda Taylor

Without form, communication stops ... without form, you have everybody burbling on to themselves, whenever and however, things that no one else can understand and - rightly - no one else is interested in. — Gerhard Richter

Bad temper is its own safety valve. He who can bark does not bite. — Agatha Christie

Nothing is costed properly and it's destroying the earth. We need to re-educate people that what is good for the planet is good for the financial system. — Vivienne Westwood

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so. — Althea Gibson

God, harden me against myself! — Amy Carmichael

The political function of 'the right of free speech' is to protect dissenters and unpopular minorities from forcible suppression - not to guarantee them the support, advantages, and rewards of a popularity they have not gained. — Ayn Rand

We need science. We need empirical evidence. We can't just use mathematical reasoning to deduce the nature of the world. — Rebecca Goldstein