Cymophanes Quotes & Sayings

She has something to say about what life is like-which is all we ask of poetry. — Louis Untermeyer

The entire partying lifestyle was superficial in my experience, and most of my friendships were as deep as a shot glass and as short-lived as a pack of cigarettes. — Kate Madison

The aesthetes of Des Esseintes' generation found diamonds common, rubies and emeralds depreciated, and turquoises vulgar. The old poetry was dead, though echoes of it lived on in the names of such gems as chrysoberyl and peridot and olivines and almandines and cymophanes and aquamarines. Beauty which has departed from things may live on in words. — Joan Evans

If we do not know our own history, we are doomed to live it as though it were our private fate. — Hannah Arendt

Around the opposite sex, especially back then, my tongue twisted into knots even a Boy Scout would walk away from — Jay Asher

Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change. — Nancy Duarte

In short, as a man, he would have wished to coerce me into obedience; — Charlotte Bronte

You may have had someone ask you, "What can I do for you?" Instead of postponing the offer by responding with "I'll let you know," seize the opportunity with a specific response. What's even better is when your answer benefits the both of you. — Lisa A. Mininni

Everyone always says more than they're supposed to, — William J. Casey

I didn't grow up with a mother telling me what was under my clothes was bad or evil. — Charlize Theron

Trotsky rises to give me his hand, then sits at his desk, gently allowing his regard to light on my person. — Georges Simenon

I think everybody should study ants. They have an amazing four-part philosophy. Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can. — Jim Rohn