Countenanced Defined Quotes & Sayings

Pound notes are the best religion in the world. — Brendan Behan

I get a lot of sleep on the bus. I bring two dogs with me, who keep me grounded. I guess that's just in my soul. It's good to know that you're good at something. — Emmylou Harris

Grossman, perhaps tiring slightly of journalism, seems to have longed to convey his thoughts and feelings about the war in fictional form. At this stage, when the Soviet Union was fighting for its life, his ideas were very close to that of the Party line. It was only at Stalingrad, a year later, that his view of the Stalinist regime began to change. This outline, may well have formed part of the idea for The People Immortal, his novel written and published the following year ... — Vasily Grossman

How could I understand my weaknesses if my strength had not been tested? — Jennifer Beckstrand

I'm a firm believer in learning by heart. — Seamus Heaney

You may not remember what a person said to you, you may not remember what a person did to you, but you will never forget how a person made you feel! — Maya Angelou

Sow truth, if thou the truth wouldst reap: Who sows the false shall reap the vain. — Horatius Bonar

Even in the investigations into direct production of calcium peroxide in an alkali melt with highly compressed oxygen, it was found to be necessary to bring the high-pressure gas into contact with the suspension of lime in caustic alkali melt by agitation or some other means of mixing. — Friedrich Bergius

You can tell by looking at most people that the world remains a stone to them and a closed door. — Meridel Le Sueur