Councilors Of Paranaque Quotes & Sayings

Experience: the vehicle of history. Teenagers: the driving force behind fatal accidents. — Bauvard

The queens in history compare favorably with the kings. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

I was born and raised in the South, which is pretty conservative. — James Denton

She was a passionate reader, and she thought that reading was one of the noblest efforts of all; in contrast, she found writing to be a great waste of time - a childish self-indulgence, even messier than finger painting - but she admired reading, which she believed was an unselfish activity that provided information and inspiration. She must have thought it a pity that some poor fools had to waste their lives writing in order for us to have sufficient reading material. (page 236) — John Irving

Evie hadn't always felt that way. For a year after James had died, she'd cupped his half-dollar pendant between her pressed palms and prayed fervently for a miracle, for a telegram that would say GOOD NEWS! IT WAS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE, AND PRIVATE JAMES XAVIER O'NEILL HAS BEEN FOUND, SAFE, IN A FARMHOUSE IN FRANCE. But no such telegram ever arrived, and whatever possible faith might have bloomed in Evie withered and died. Now she saw it as just another advertisement for a life that belonged to a previous generation and held no meaning for hers. — Libba Bray

Only drunks stare at statues .... I never liked the statues keeping vigil, primarily because they were too close to life. — Amit Chaudhuri

Almost all war making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat - including men - from reluctant citizens ... — Charles Tilly