Daburas Quotes & Sayings

Experience is a safe light to walk by, and he is not a rash man who expects to succeed in future from the same means which have secured it in times past. — Wendell Phillips

When I started writing seriously in high school, English was the language I had at my disposal - my Spanish was domestic, colloquial, and not particularly literary or sophisticated. — Daniel Alarcon

certainty makes you beautiful and uncertainty makes you dutiful. — Rajesh Walecha

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind. — William Hazlitt

Talking of being eaten by dogs, there's a dachshund at Brinkley who when you first meet him will give you the impression that he plans to convert you into a light snack between his regular meals. Pay no attention. It's all eyewash. His belligerent attitude is simply - "
Sound and fury signifying nothing, sir?"
That's it. Pure swank. A few civil words, and he will be grappling you ... What's the expression I've heard you use?"
Grappling me to his soul with hoops of steel, sir?"
In the first two minutes. He wouldn't hurt a fly, but he has to put up a front because his name's Poppet. One can readily appreciate that when a dog hears himself addressed day in and day out as Poppet, he feels he must throw his weight about. Is self-respect demands it."
Precisely, sir."
You'll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?"
I could not say, sir."
Nor me. I've often wondered. — P.G. Wodehouse

Do you know what an unwanted bodily condition is? It's a freshly hatched energy-summoning life-giving desire! — Esther Hicks

All things uncomely and broken, all things worn out and old The cry of a child by the roadway, the creak of a lumbering cart, The heavy steps of the plowman, splashing the wintry mold, Are wronging your image that blossoms a rose in the deeps of my heart. — William Butler Yeats

I was inspired to write Countdown 'til Daddy Comes Home when I searched for books to help my 4 year daughter cope with her father deploying to Afghanistan and found nothing that quite fit our situation. My book is not only a great story for kids it has real suggestions for parents on how to keep you family connected during deployments or frequent business travel. — Kristin Ayyar

I had a lot of trouble speaking as a kid. I didn't really speak in coherent sentences until I was, like, 6 years old. There was a long time where everybody was very worried, because my sisters were so advanced for their age, and I would barely talk. — Ronda Rousey

...your ass is grass... — Lauren Myracle

Just as typography is human speech translated into what can be read, so photography is the translation of reality into a readable image. — Herbert Bayer

Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number. But it also is what makes a woman ask for the name of your dressmaker. — Lilly Dache

The momentum of production keeps you from giving up, so it's really the editing and writing phases where things can look bleakest. — Rian Johnson

I've got a lot of issues. I've got a whole lot of daddy issues. — Derek Mears

Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy. — Plato